8. Both Bull and…
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) / (7. The… More »

![IMAGE: 7. The Bull Transcended. [Ox Vanished, Herdsman Remaining.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Oxherding_pictures_No._7_edit312-200x150.jpg)
![IMAGE: 6. Riding the Bull Home. [Riding Home.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Oxherding_pictures_No._6_edit312-200x150.jpg)
![IMAGE: 5. Taming the Bull. [Taming the Ox.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Oxherding_pictures_No._5_edit312-200x150.jpg)
![IMAGE: 4. Catching the Bull. [Getting Hold of the Ox.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Oxherding_pictures_No._4_edit312-200x150.jpg)

![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: "The earth", he said, "has a skin; and this skin has diseases. One of these diseases is called, for example, 'humanity'." [The earth, said he, hath a skin; and this skin hath diseases. One of these diseases, for example, is called "man."]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/earth-1149733_640-100x66.jpg)
