The fourth Zen Ox-herding picture or the fourth stage on the road to enlightenment in Zen Buddhism is called “Catching the Ox.” Hixon writes: “Today he encountered the Ox, which has long been cavorting in the wild fields, and actually grasped it. For so long a time it has reveled in these surroundings that the […]
Archives for September 2010
Seeing through the Trading Matrix: First Glimpse of the Ox (Zen Ox-Herding Picture 3)
The third Zen Ox-herding picture or the third stage on the road to enlightenment in Zen Buddhism is called “First Glimpse of the Ox.” Hixon writes: “In every activity, the Source is manifestly present. When the inner vision is properly focused, one comes to realize that which is seen as identical with the true Source” […]
Seeing through the Trading Matrix: Finding the Tracks (Zen Ox-Herding Picture 2)
The second Zen Ox-herding picture or the second stage on the road to enlightenment in Zen Buddhism is called “Finding the Tracks.” Hixon writes: “Through the Sutras and teachings he discerns the tracks of the Ox. He has been informed that, just as differently shaped golden vessels are all basically the same gold, so each […]