September 13, 2009
Bibliography, Links, Resources
Riding the Ox
Buddhism, Chan, Zen, Taoism, Neo-Paganism
Above the Fog. Poems by Mike Garofalo.
The
Art of Just Sitting. Essential Writings on the Zen Practice of
Shikantaza. Edited by
John Daido Loori. With an introduction by Taigen Dan Leighton.
Boston,
Wisdom Publications, 2002. Index, 241 pages. ISBN:
0861713273. VSCL.
Become
What You Are. By Alan Watts. Edited by Mark Watts. Boston,
Shambhala,
2003. 132 pages. ISBN: 1570629404. VSCL.
Buddhism
and Yungian Psychology. By J. Marvin Spiegelman and Miyuki
Mokusen. New Falcon Publications, Reprint Edition 1995. 190 pages. ISBN:
1561841110.
Cloud Hands: Taijiquan Bibliography, links, guides, lessons,
research, quotes.
The Famous Ten Ox
Herding Pictures
The
Eight Gates of Zen: A Program of Zen Training. By John Daido
Loori. Edited by
Bonnie Myotai Treace and Konrad Ryushin Marchaj. Boston, Shambhala,
2002.
270 pages. ISBN: 1570629528. VSCL.
Eight
Mindful Steps to Happiness: Walking the Buddha's Path. By Bhante
Henepola Gunaratana. Boston, Wisdom Publications, 2001. Index,
bibliography,
268 pages. ISBN: 0861711769. A clear and insightful
commentary on the
Eightfold Path of Buddhism. Refer also to the Eight
Precepts. VSCL.
The Eight Ox Herding
Pictures - A Chan/Zen Allegory
The Famous Ten Ox
Herding Pictures. By Lilly Marie Johnson.
Green Paths in
the Valley Blog
Herding the Ox
Emoyeni Retreat Center.
Meditation: Links, Bibliography, Resources, Quotes, Notes
The Ox
Herder: A Zen Parable Illustrated. By Stephanie Wada. Translated
by
Gen P. Sakamoto. George Braziller, 2002. 80 pages. ISBN:
0807615110. 10 color and 15 b/w illustrations.
Pulling Onions. Short
sayings by Mike Garofalo.
Ox Herding Allegory:
Bibliography, Links, Resources, Quotes, Notes
Qigong: Valley Spirit Qigong Bibliography, links, guides, lessons,
research, quotes.
Riding
the Ox Home: A History of Meditation from Shamanism to Science. By Willard Johnson. Boston, Beacon Press, 1982. Index, bibliography,
262 pages. ISBN: 0807013056.
Riding
the Ox Home: Stages on the Path to Enlightenment. By John Daido
Loori.
Edited by Konrad Ryushin Marchaj. Boston, Shambhala, 2002. Glossary,
82 pages. ISBN: 157062951X. VSCL.
Shobogenzo: Zen Essays by Dogen. Translated by Thomas Cleary.
Honolulu, University of Hawaii Press, 1986. 123 pages. ISBN:
0824810147. VSCL.
Subject Search Terms: Eight Ox Herding Songs, Ox Herding Pictures, Ox Herding Parable, Riding the Ox, Ten Ox Herding Songs, Zen Ox Parable.
The
Ten Ox Herding Pictures: Allegories for Our Practice. By Zen Master Ji
Bong.
The Ten Ox Herding
Pictures. Pictures and commentary by D. T. Suzuki, Manual of Zen
Buddhism.
Shubun's illustrations, 1450 CE.
Pictures 1.
Pictures 2.
Pictures 3.
The Ten
Ox Herding Pictures D. T. Suzuki.
The Ten Ox Herding
Pictures. Verses composed by Kakuan Zenji. 11Kb.
Ten Ox Herding Pictures of Zen
Buddhism Pictures only.
Ten Ox
Herding Pictures with the Verses Composed by Kakuan Zenji. A Teisho by
Kubota Ji'un. 12Kb.
Zen Flesh, Zen Bones. A
Collection of Zen and Pre-Zen Writings. Compiled by Paul Reps and
Nyogen Senzaki. Boston, Shambhala, 1994. Tuttle, 1957. 285 pages -
Shambhala Pocket
Classics. VSCL.
Zen Poetry: Links,
Bibliography, Resources, Quotations
Quotations
"Since the ninth century, students of Zen Buddhism have drawn a parallel
between the individual path to enlightenment and the story of the herder and his missing ox. There are
10 stages in the parable, beginning with the search for the ox, in which a boy is racked with
doubt because "Nothing has been lost in the first place,/ So what is the use of searching?" In the
final stage, the boy reappears as the Buddha of the Future, enlightened. The scroll reprinted here is
the oldest known version of the Japanese Ten Oxherding Songs, dating to 1278, and the only
known
example with illustrations in color along with the calligraphy. An introduction
by Stephanie Wada, associate curator of the Mary and Jackson Burke foundation (which holds the
manuscript) explains, in scholarly terms, both the story and the origins of this scroll and its ten
circular drawings (one for each song) and poems. Nothing she writes, however, can have the impact of
the eighth part of the parable: with just a wide, empty circle from which both the boy and the
ox have vanished, this stage indicates that the attachment to "self" and earthly things
has been relinquished. The delicacy and unstudied precision of the calligraphy's brushwork furthers the
feeling. Even a Zen novice can appreciate the message of this parable, lovingly inked more than 700
years ago."
- Publisher's Weekly. Review of The
Ox Herder.
"What is the Buddha Nature?"
Master Po-chang answered,
"It is like seeking for an ox while you are yourself on it."
The monk asked, "What use does knowing the ox serve?"
Master Po-chang answered,
"It is like going home riding on it."
LaoTzu Rides an Ox
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