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A Deconstruction of The Ten Ox Herding Pictures
taiyaki
Veteran
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ten_Bulls
In Search of the Bull (aimless searching, only the sound of cicadas)
Discovery of the Footprints (a path to follow)
Perceiving the Bull (but only its rear, not its head)
Catching the Bull (a great struggle, the bull repeatedly escapes, discipline required)
Taming the Bull (less straying, less discipline, bull becomes gentle and obedient)
Vietnamese water puppet depicting a scene in the parable.
Riding the Bull Home (great joy)
The Bull Transcended (once home, the bull is forgotten, discipline's whip is idle; stillness)
Both Bull and Self Transcended (all forgotten and empty)
Reaching the Source (unconcerned with or without; the sound of cicadas)
Return to Society (crowded marketplace; spreading enlightenment by mingling with humankind)
This is the whole zen path outlined.
From finding non dual consciousness to nirvana to the dropping of self and consciousness to traceless enlightenment and bodhisattva action.
Enjoy.
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