![IMAGE: 9. Reaching the Source. [Returning to the Source.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Oxherding_pictures_No._9_edit312-200x150.jpg)
9. Reaching the Source. [Returning to the Source.] – Kuòān Shīyuǎn [Kaku-an] (Late 12th century): Ten Bulls [Ten Ox Herding Pictures] / (Bull [Ox] = True self; Bull [Ox] herder = Self seeking true self) / (8. Both Bull and…… More »
![IMAGE: 8. Both Bull and Self Transcended. [Ox and Herdsman Vanished.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Oxherding_pictures_No._8_edit312-200x150.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) / (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)
7. The Bull Transcended. [Ox Vanished, Herdsman Remaining.] – Kuòān Shīyuǎn [Kaku-an] (Late 12th century): Ten Bulls [Ten Ox Herding Pictures] / (Bull [Ox] = True self; Bull [Ox] herder = Self seeking true self) / (6. Riding the Bull…… More »
![IMAGE: 6. Riding the Bull Home. [Riding Home.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Oxherding_pictures_No._6_edit312-200x150.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… ←… More »
![IMAGE: 5. Taming the Bull. [Taming the Ox.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Oxherding_pictures_No._5_edit312-200x150.jpg)
5. Taming the Bull. [Taming 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) / (4. Catching the Bull… ←… More »
![IMAGE: 3. Perceiving the Bull. [Catching Sight of the Ox.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Oxherding_pictures_No._3_edit312-200x150.jpg)
3. Perceiving the Bull. [Catching Sight 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) / (2. Discovery of… More »
![IMAGE: 2. Discovery of the Footprints. [Noticing the Footprints.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Oxherding_pictures_No._2_edit312-200x150.jpg)
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… More »
![IMAGE: 1. In Search of the Bull. [Looking for the Ox.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/d660cde673167a0a2734b488c028dbfa-200x150.jpg)
1. In Search of the Bull. [Looking for 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) / (List of… More »
Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure — these… More »
Simple can be harder than complex. You have to work hard to get your thinking clean to make it simple. But it’s worth it in the end because once you get there, you can move mountains. – Steve Jobs (1955… More »
![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: Love is blind. [(La.) Amor caecus est.] // The lover is blinded about the beloved, and prefers his own interests to truth and right.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/statue-142195_640-100x75.jpg)
