Gentling the Bull:
The Ten Bull Pictures
By Myokyo-ni. 144 pg., 5 1/4" x 7 3/4" paperback. The Venerable
Myokyo-ni is one of today's most distinguished teachers in Rinzai Zen. In
Gentling the Bull, she offers an insightful explanation of the Ten Ox-Herding
Pictures, showing how they are a metaphor of both one's Zen training and
spiritual journey. They are used in formal Zen training to this day to show
the stages of one's realization of enlightenment. Each of the ten pictures
is presented here with a preface and general foreword.. |