Ten Zen Verses on Oxherding, Wall Hanging, Zen Wall Art, Zen Painting, Ten Bulls of Zen, Set of Two Tapestry

Ten Zen Verses on Oxherding
Set of tow wall hanging

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- Handmade line of wall hanging banners and prints are inspired by my love for beauty and words that can inspire our hearts and soul.

- Wall Hanging:
Handmade and giclee printed on canvas like fabric. Banner is finished off with bamboo sticks on top and bottom and cotton string. Banner comes rolled as shown in the listing photo ready to hang on your wall. The wall hanging banner will be shipped in an unbendable mailing tube to ensure they arrive safe and sound.

-Print Only:
If you'd like to frame the print please select (Print only) to enjoy having it framed.
(Print Only) does not include frame you need to frame the print yourself.
(Print Only) is giclee printed with archival pigment ink on high quality canvas like fabric.
Prints will be shipped in an unbendable mailing tube to ensure they arrive safe and sound.

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Listing comes in 2 types;
- Wall Hanging
- Print Only

each type comes in 2 different sizes:

Size:
- Wall Hanging
17x32 inches (42 x 80 cm)

- Print Only
17x32 inches (42 x 80 cm)

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1278 Zen Painting with English Translation

In Zen, a herdboy’s search for his lost oxen has served as a parable for a practitioner’s pursuit of enlightenment since this Buddhist sect’s early history in China. In the eleventh century, the Song-dynasty Zen master Guoan Shiyuan (active ca. 1150) codified the parable into ten verses (gāthā), recorded and illustrated in this handscroll. The parable proceeds from the herdboy losing his ox and following its tracks to recover the animal to, in the next-to-last verse, transcending this world. In a final stage representing the attainment of Buddhist enlightenment, the herdboy becomes one with Budai (Japanese: Hotei), the manifestation of the future Buddha Miroku (Sanskrit: Maitreya). Dated by an inscription to 1278, the present scroll is the earliest known Japanese illustrated copy of the parable and the only extant version with color illustrations.

1. One aimlessly pushes the grasses
aside in search.
The rivers are wide,
the mountains far away,
and the path becomes longer.
Exhausted and dispirited,
one hears only the late autumn cicadas
shrilling in the maple woods.

2. By the water, and under the trees,
there are numerous traces.
Fragrant grasses grow thickly,
but did you see the ox?
Even in the depths
of the distant mountain forest,
How could the upturned nostrils
of the ox be concealed?

3. A bush warbler sings upon a branch,
warm sun, soft breezes,
green willows on the bank.
Nowhere can the ox escape to hide,
but those majestic horns
are difficult to draw.

4. With all my energy,
I seize the ox.
His will is strong, and his power endless,
and he cannot be tamed easily.
Sometimes he charges
to the high plateau.
And there he stays,
deep in the mist.

5. One does not let go of the whip or the rope,
afraid it will stray
and choose the dusty mist.
A well-tended ox becomes gentle,
and even with no rope,
Will follow people
by himself.

6. Riding the bull, I leisurely
wander toward home.
Exotic flute melodies echo
through sunset clouds.
Each beat and each tune
is indescribably profound.
No words are needed for those
who understand music.

7. Riding on the ox,
he has come home.
There is no ox there,
and he is at ease.
Although the sun is high,
he is still dreamy.
The whip and rope abandoned
in the thatched hut.

8. Whip, rope, man, and ox,
all are non-existent.
The blue sky being vast,
no message can be heard,
Just as the snowflake cannot last
in the flaming red furnace.
After this state, one can join
the ancient teachers.

9. In returning to the fundamentals
and going back to the source,
I had to work so hard.
Perhaps it would be better
to be blind and deaf.
Being in the hut,
I do not see what is outside.
The river flowing tranquilly,
the flower simply being red.

10. He enters the city barefoot,
with chest exposed.
Covered in dust and ashes,
smiling broadly.
No need for the magic powers
of the gods and immortals.
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