{"product_id":"gentling-the-bull-the-ten-bull-pictures-a-spiritual-journey-comments-taken-from-talks-by-the-venerable-myokyo-ni","title":"Gentling the Bull: The Ten Bull Pictures, a Spiritual Journey : Comments Taken from Talks by the Venerable Myokyo-Ni","description":"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.\nThe 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.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0804830886\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0804830886.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Myokyo-Ni\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43338320904253,"sku":"BVV.0804830886.A","price":76.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0804830886-0.jpg?v=1783915943","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/gentling-the-bull-the-ten-bull-pictures-a-spiritual-journey-comments-taken-from-talks-by-the-venerable-myokyo-ni","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}