![IMAGE: 4. Catching the Bull. [Getting Hold of the Ox.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Oxherding_pictures_No._4_edit312.jpg)
4. Catching the Bull. [Getting Hold of the Ox.] - Kuòān Shīyuǎn [Kaku-an] (Late 12th century): Ten Bulls [Ten Ox Herding Pictures]
/ (Bull [Ox] = True self; Bull [Ox] herder = Self seeking true self)
/ (3. Perceiving the… ← Previous figure; List of Ten Bulls; Next figure → 5. Taming the Bull…)
(Image by Tenshō Shūbun from Ten Bulls or Ten Ox Herding Pictures)
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![IMAGE: Treasure every encounter, for it will never recur. [Once-in-a-lifetime encounter.] / Opportunity knocks but once. [Opportunity knocks only once.] / Opportunity seldom knocks twice.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/tea-680540_640-100x67.jpg)