Into Ten Bulls

Ten Bulls, written by Kuo An in Song Dynasty, is one of the classic Four Parts of Zen Buddhism for Zen thought.The process of seeking for the nature is gradually ranked ten pictures of Ten Bulls, full of philosophical significance.Based on the ten pictures and chanting of Ten Bulls, aegoaego) symbolized by cowboy, aselfa (self) symbolized by cattle, and practice process referred to by cattle-raising process are successively explained to gradually elaborate how to find self from the lost state. Compared with the philosophy thoughts in China, Japan and western countries, Ten Bulls afind myselfa,aontologyaand traditional eastern mysticism thought etc. are discussed to reflect ideological outlook of Ten Bulls in depth.