The Ten Oxherding Pictures

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Ten_Oxherding_Pictures
GPTKB entity
Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Zen_Buddhist_teaching_tool
gptkb:series_of_illustrations
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Zen_Buddhism
gptkbp:contains gptkb:Riding_the_Ox_Home
Searching for the Ox
Both Ox and Self Transcended
Catching the Ox
Finding the Tracks
Reaching the Source
Return to Society
Seeing the Ox
Taming the Ox
The Ox Transcended
gptkbp:date 12th century
gptkbp:depicts stages of enlightenment
herder and ox
progression toward enlightenment
gptkbp:influenced Zen poetry
Zen art
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Chan_Buddhism
gptkbp:languageOfOrigin gptkb:Chinese
gptkbp:numberOfPictures 10
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:China
gptkbp:popularizedBy gptkb:Kakuan_Shien
gptkbp:referencedIn gptkb:Buddhism
Zen literature
gptkbp:relatedTo spiritual allegory
Buddhist parables
gptkbp:style gptkb:painting
gptkb:calligraphy
gptkbp:subjectOf art exhibitions
scholarly analysis
gptkbp:symbolizes gptkb:academic
awakening
return to the world
search for true self
gptkbp:theme gptkb:spirituality
enlightenment
non-duality
self-realization
gptkbp:translatedInto English
Japanese
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:meditation
spiritual instruction
gptkbp:usedIn Zen monasteries
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Manual_of_Zen_Buddhism
gptkb:Oxherding_Tale
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8
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