12/11/2015 - Searching for the Ox: The Path to Enlightenment in 10 Pictures

BY JOSH BARTOK AND CHÖGYAM TRUNGPA RINPOCHE    NOVEMBER 6, 2015    

In Zen’s famed 10 oxherding pictures, the ox is enlightenment and the herder is you, the meditator. Created by 12th-century Chinese master Guo-an Shi-yuan, the oxherding pictures have mapped the path for Buddhist practitioners ever since, inspiring countless commentaries and new renderings. Here is a contemporary take by graphic artist Mark T. Morse, with commentary by Boundless Way Zen teacher Josh Bartok and a Vajrayana perspective from the late Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche.  more...