Ten Bulls
Ten Bulls or Ten Ox Herding Pictures (Chinese: shíniú 十牛 , Japanese: jūgyūzu 十牛図 , korean: sipwoo 십우) is a series of short poems and accompanying drawings used in the Zen tradition to describe the stages of a practitioner's progress toward awakening, and their subsequent return to society to enact wisdom and compassion. Inspired by Indian Buddhist teachings, the pictures emerged in Song Dynasty China and spread among the Chan/Zen tradition throughout East Asia.
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