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The Venerable Myokyo-ni is one of today's most distinguished teachers in the Rinzai Zen tradition. 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. The Ten Ox-Herding Pictures, also known as the Ten Bull Pictures, are believed to have been drawn by Kakuan, a twelfth-century Chinese Zen master, but became widely used as a means of Zen study in fifteenth-century Japan. 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 to the series by Chi-Yuan, a monk in the direct line of Kakuan. Myokyo-ni provides a lucid introduction that sets the pictures in their historical context and shows their relevance to modern Zen training. In her own comments on each picture, she discusses how they are representative of our own search for "oneness"spiritual fulfillment.
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- PublisherTuttle Publishing
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0804830886
- ISBN 13 9780804830881
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages152
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GENTLING THE BULL. THE TEN BULL PICTURES. A SPIRITUAL JOURNEY. COMMENTS TAKE FROM TALKS BY THE VENERABLE MYOKYO-NI
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Charles E. Tuttle Co., Rutland, Vermont
(1996)
ISBN 10: 0804830886
ISBN 13: 9780804830881
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fine. Illustrated by Shubun (illustrator). First Edition; First Printing. This edition is a facsimile of an edition first published by The Zen Centre in London in 1988. This is a first printing with the number line beginning with "1" Black-and-white illustrations by Myokyo-ni (IrmgardSchloegl). Not an ex-library copy. No remainder marks. No names or marks in the text. Most books shipped within 24 hours. All books mailed with Delivery confirmation in a heavy cardboard box. Fine condition. Selling Used and Rare books on line since April 1998 and from our bookstore in the heart of the Bluegrass since 1984. ; Black-and-white illustrations; 8vo.; 144, ii pages. Seller Inventory # 41430
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