Ten Ox Herding Pictures

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Buddhist parable
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Ten_Bulls
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Zen_Buddhism
gptkbp:contains illustrations
poems
gptkbp:dateCreated 12th century
gptkbp:depictedIn gptkb:Kakuan_Shien
gptkbp:depicts stages of enlightenment
boy and ox
gptkbp:emphasizes gptkb:meditation
direct experience
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ten Ox Herding Pictures
gptkbp:influenced Zen literature
Zen art
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Chan_Buddhism
gptkbp:numberOfStages 10
gptkbp:originalLanguage gptkb:Chinese
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:China
gptkbp:preservedIn Zen monasteries
gptkbp:referencedIn gptkb:Buddhism
Zen koans
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:spirituality
Oxherding metaphor
gptkbp:stageName gptkb:Riding_the_Ox_Home
Searching for the Ox
Both Ox and Self Transcended
Catching the Ox
Finding the Tracks
In the World
Reaching the Source
Seeing the Ox
Taming the Ox
The Ox Transcended
gptkbp:studiedBy Buddhist scholars
Zen practitioners
gptkbp:subjectOf art exhibitions
books
commentary
academic research
gptkbp:symbolizes gptkb:spirituality
enlightenment
self-realization
gptkbp:teaches emptiness
non-duality
return to the ordinary world
gptkbp:translatedInto English
Japanese
gptkbp:usedIn Zen teaching
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:10_Bulls
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8