The oxherding pictures, best known in the version of the Chinese master Kuoan, show a herdsman searching for his lost ox, finding its tracks, catching and taming it, riding home, forgetting the ox, then both ox and self, returning to the source, and finally entering the marketplace with helping hands. They map the Zen path.
Ten oxherding pictures
A Zen series of images showing the path from seeking the ox to returning to the marketplace with open hands.
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