10 buffalo picture

We would like to introduce the "Ten paintings herd" or "Cross Section ox map" for thinking we come together, reflect teachings of the Buddha.

The painting was discovered as soon as the teacher's Legend is Guo AM (Kakuan or Kuoan Shihyuan, 1100-1200, also known as amplifiers Am Teacher Far) Chinese, born in the Song Dynasty XII century. Old teacher based on the reviews of our ancestors and painting 10 paintings herd, borrowing the symbol of the buffalo in Taoism, and post procedure and word tables in prose. His paintings of pure meditation, deeper picture of their predecessors, and hence become a profound source of inspiration for future generations adapt that draw many more other paintings.

Since then more and more new pictures or color, or black and white, began to appear in the place of the Old, the monastery, and the paintings also reflect the different trends in the practice, inconsistency in a dry, but creative flexibility, depending on the transmission of coast. Such is not the only one, but there are many " ox item map "different, all flowing seamlessly Mahayana Buddhist spirituality.

While there are many online but on the form as well as sets, each set has 10 pictures, each picture has a procedure with great worship and a commentary in prose for both painting and poem. As for the spirit of the competition but there are many, but can be classified into two categories: Mahayana and Zen Buddhism. Type of competition in Mahayana tendencies render the process themselves, from self to win his instinct to self-knowledge and finally achieve liberation. Kinds of paintings according to Zen tendencies to portray spiritual experimentation process with three phases: the wrong mind catching, heartless and psychological normal. In each other, drawing wrong all the same, but all proceedings and all pay for each type remains unchanged. Image the shepherds represents sex, for meditation, for location, generally for the Dharma of the Buddha. Ox represents the mind of sentient beings, this mind is the mind of delusion, discrimination, filled with sorrow, delusion and desire. We get the true teachings of the Buddha to treat the delusions and desires, similar to the shepherds of wild buffalo than turn them off!

Here are 10 pictures of buffalo, buffalo moving away from black (black buffalo ie consciousness indulgence) to white (the mind is tamed). 10 buffalo paintings of Zen Master Guo Am and meditation professor Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki.

Painting 1. Find buffalo

Buffalo never actually lost. It is so so, where to search? Nothing more for us to leave to his generals did not see it. In the confusion of form that we lost track of it. Stay away from the house, we see a variety of open knit, but what is the main road. Greed and fear, good and evil bound to get there.

Painting 2 . See signs

Understanding the teaching, I see the footprints of buffalo. Then we know that, like many instruments made ​​from metal, numerous appearances are self-made. How do we see the real and imaginary if we do not distinguish? When not on the door, of course I had to find a way

Painting 3. Is buffalo

It lives in the forest for a long time, but I got it today! The passionate scene did it my way. A desire to better grass, it wandered adventure silver. The heart of it was stubborn and refused to tame. If you want it to listen, we have to use the whip.

Painting 4. Herd

Buffalo restrained the time may have pain due to muscle wire pulling nostrils, consular afraid to add the lash of the whip, should start gradually be allowed, subject to the submission. Buffalo hours and then put away, but was clean and white. But buffalo are all running to aggressive aggressive running back and forth, but young buffalo still clutching the rope VAM manipulate that pulled it off, not dare loose, hand not dare whip. Note buffalo took lightly, no longer have to use force to pull or the lash of the whip to beat.

Painting 5. Tamed

Here is a little idle for from the halfway point, at least have to use much more. The training center is now completely subdued his mind and live in awareness. Mind was pure, true spiritual peace, that is the mystery of life. Find out from the inner, is the main transfer his mind becomes pure good, not moving a scene as you like.

Painting 6. Buffalo ride home

Remove buffalo, then slowly return home. Tiếng our target spread sunset. Fingers spread rhythm, harmony, non-stop. Who heard this melodious piece of music for solo to me. The struggle was over; nor gain or loss. I sing the song of the woodcutter and blow delivery. Buffalo-minded, I watch the clouds float. I go to whoever called shock.

Painting 7. Forgot buffalo while the

French duality. Temporarily borrow only about buffalo. It as well as the correlation between the rabbit and trap, of fish and nets, between gold and residues, or the moon just emerged from a cloud. A ray of light through very, very common. I subdue the mind, but in fact, they have nothing to subdue. By nature of our senses is, follow me along the road of life and death. Now you can leisurely sense of self in nature, leaving whip rope is something temporary.

Painting 8. End both

The circle stands for " The Enlightenment ". Buffalo and cattle, temporary and scene end to all shimmering channhu in the color There inner flower of thousands. many have passed. Mind no longer obstacles. I do not seek the realm of enlightenment. I did not stay in place no enlightenment. Since we do not indulge in both, the eye did not see me. If tens of thousands of birds offer flowers on our way, the praise that is just nothingness.

Painting 9. Return to roots

From the beginning, the truth was clear. Through meditation, one visualizes appearances tan. Source is the mind be honest, it's available capital as such, do not need to find, without fee, to return to power. See hear that not discern good from evil, or bad, just as blind as deaf should say dumb blind. In the am is just for the mind to be wandering around without a boss something out of it. As long as it found itself in, see the vast, self-blossom pink purple bloom but do not bother obstacles that is reverted fertilizer, called into the realm of Buddha

Painting 10. Hand on the dog .END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY THICH CHAN TANH.MHDT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUNS=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.24/10/2012.NAM MO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA.( 3 TIMES ).

Zen Master wears presentation chest, legs without footwear on the market to do trivial things like life. Smile blowing eh, no need to preserve exemplary virtues of the religious, not to preach high doctrine deep mystery, just very ordinary people to teach those who sell fish, meat market, in the shop alcohol, those who do not have any ethics, making them a bit of a moral practice. It is the responsibility of the teaching of the religious came to perfection. One place is essential, practitioners need to understand clearly, after entering the realm of Buddhahood that is already thoroughly understood, then new to the scene but to roll away in life, the benefits of life.