1. Reading Resources
(Special Features/Reading List - Español(Spanish Formal International))

... two teardrops, one black and one white, spinning about each other, is an archetypal form encountered in our spiritual journeys and was referenced by Master Hsu Yun in his famous Ox herding poems (found ...

2. Forward Motion: Bring on the Sun!
(Essays and Dharma Talks/Essays by Chuan Zhi - Español(Spanish Formal International))

... in a temple for hours at a time. Zen has its own "stages of spiritual growth" in the famous ox herding pictures. These are most often accompanied by short poems explaining each stage. But these stages, ...

3. The Buddhism of Zen
(Essays and Dharma Talks/Essays by Chuan Zhi - Español(Spanish Formal International))

... what happens when we shed our ignorance of our true nature, our Buddha Self. The process recovers our humanity and illuminates our full identity as a human being. Zen's ox herding photos are considered ...

4. Chan's Trailhead: The Triple Refuge and the Precepts
(Essays and Dharma Talks/Essays by Chuan Zhi - Español(Spanish Formal International))

... enlightened person can be freed from uncontrolled projections of the Enemy Shadow. We can study Chan's famous Ox herding Series Or Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching or The Secret of the Golden Flower (translation ...

5. The Stages of Spiritual Growth
(Special Features/Interfaith Outreach)

Abridged by Richard Schwartz The following except from The Different Drum (pages 187-203) by M. Scott Peck, MD, was selected for our website both for its clarity in describing spiritual stages ...

6. The Ten Ox-Herding Poems by Empty Cloud (in Chinese)
(Poetry/Ten Ox-herding Poems)

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7. The Ten Oxherding Pictures: Series 2
(Poetry/Ten Ox-herding Poems)

...  V. Herding the Ox The boy is not to separate himself with his whip and tether, Lest the animal should wander away into a world of defilements; When the ox ...

8. The Ten Oxherding Pictures: Series 1
(Poetry/Ten Ox-herding Poems)

The Ten Oxherding Pictures of Zen: Series 1 I. Undisciplined With his horns fiercely projected in the air the beast snorts, Madly running over the mountain paths, farther and farther ...

9. Hsu Yun's Oxherding Poems
(Poetry/Ten Ox-herding Poems)

... I feed it when it is hungry and give it water when it thirsts. Then I allow the Oxherding Boy to take care of it.       5. Training the Ox I have supported you with great care for many years ...

10. Reading Resources
(Special Features/Reading List)

... two teardrops, one black and one white, spinning about each other, is an archetypal form encountered in our spiritual journeys and was referenced by Master Hsu Yun in his famous Ox herding poems (found ...

11. Forward Motion: Bring on the Sun!
(Essays and Dharma Talks/Essays by Chuan Zhi)

... in a temple for hours at a time. Zen has its own "stages of spiritual growth" in the famous ox herding pictures. These are most often accompanied by short poems explaining each stage. But these stages, ...

12. The Buddhism of Zen
(Essays and Dharma Talks/Essays by Chuan Zhi)

... what happens when we shed our ignorance of our true nature, our Buddha Self. The process recovers our humanity and illuminates our full identity as a human being. Zen's ox herding photos are considered ...

13. Chan's Trailhead: The Triple Refuge and the Precepts
(Essays and Dharma Talks/Essays by Chuan Zhi)

... enlightened person can be freed from uncontrolled projections of the Enemy Shadow. We can study Chan's famous Ox herding Series Or Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching or The Secret of the Golden Flower (translation ...