![IMAGE: 8. Both Bull and Self Transcended. [Ox and Herdsman Vanished.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Oxherding_pictures_No._8_edit312.jpg)
8. Both Bull and Self Transcended. [Ox and Herdsman Vanished.] - Kuòān Shīyuǎn [Kaku-an] (Late 12th century): Ten Bulls [Ten Ox Herding Pictures]
/ (Bull [Ox] = True self; Bull [Ox] herder = Self seeking true self)
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(Image by Tenshō Shūbun from Ten Bulls or Ten Ox Herding Pictures)
(Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate)
![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: The grass is greener on the other side of the fence. [The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence.] / Apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/landscape-2636427_640-100x67.jpg)
