![IMAGE: 6. Riding the Bull Home. [Riding Home.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Oxherding_pictures_No._6_edit312.jpg)
6. Riding the Bull Home. [Riding Home.] - Kuòān Shīyuǎn [Kaku-an] (Late 12th century): Ten Bulls [Ten Ox Herding Pictures]
/ (Bull [Ox] = True self; Bull [Ox] herder = Self seeking true self)
/ (5. Taming the Bull… ← Previous figure; List of Ten Bulls; Next figure → 7. The Bull…)
(Image by Tenshō Shūbun from Ten Bulls or Ten Ox Herding Pictures)
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六. 騎牛帰家。［牛に騎って家に帰る。］ - 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)
/ (五. 牧牛…←前の図；十牛図一覧；次の図→七. 忘牛存人…)
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![IMAGE: To rob Peter to pay Paul. [To borrow from Peter to pay Paul. / To unclothe Peter to clothe Paul.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/paul-1158086_640-100x75.jpg)