![IMAGE: 2. Discovery of the Footprints. [Noticing the Footprints.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Oxherding_pictures_No._2_edit312.jpg)
二. 見跡。［牛の足跡を見る。］ - 廓庵禅師 (十二世紀後半): 十牛図
/ (牛＝本来の自分； 牧人＝本来の自分を求める自分)
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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: A miss is as good as a mile. [An inch of a miss is as good [bad] as a mile of a miss. / An inch in missing is as bad as a mile. / An inch is good as a mile if it's a miss.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/business-163860_640-100x66.jpg)
![IMAGE: Nurture passes nature. [Nurture is above nature.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/precious-1432335_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: Marry in haste, and repent at leisure [in leisure].](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/bridal-636018_640-100x53.jpg)