![IMAGE: 2. Discovery of the Footprints. [Noticing the Footprints.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Oxherding_pictures_No._2_edit312-400x300.jpg)
二. 見跡。[牛の足跡を見る。] - 廓庵禅師 (十二世紀後半): 十牛図
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/ (一. 尋牛…←前の図;十牛図一覧;次の図→三. 見牛…)
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2. Discovery of the Footprints. [Noticing the Footprints.] - Kuòān Shīyuǎn [Kaku-an] (Late 12th century): Ten Bulls [Ten Ox Herding Pictures]
/ (Bull [Ox] = True self; Bull [Ox] herder = Self seeking true self)
/ (1. In Search of the… ← Previous figure; List of Ten Bulls; Next figure → 3. Perceiving the…)

![IMAGE: The usefulness of (the) useless. [Everyone knows the usefulness of useful things, but no one knows the usefulness of useless things. / Everyone knows the use of the useful, but not the use of the useless.] (Even if something did not bring immediate benefit, it could still turn out to be valuable.)](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/place-name-sign-822236_640-100x71.jpg)

![IMAGE: Patriotism is your conviction that this country is superior to all others because you were born in it. [Patriotism: Your conviction that this country is superior to all other countries because you were born in it. / Patriotism is, fundamentally, a conviction that a particular country is the best in the world because you were born in it.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/ai-generated-9017144_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: Thought is free. [Thoughts are free.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/thoughts-101033_640-100x71.jpg)


![IMAGE: There are plenty of other pebbles on the beach. [There are plenty of other pebbles on the shore].](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/pebbles-2796732_640-100x56.jpg)
