Peaceful - 10 Ox Herding - Part 6


Peaceful - 10 Ox Herding - Part 6
Artist: Jonas Claesson
Title: Peaceful - 10 Ox Herding - Part 6
Type: Matted Giclée Print
Size: 8.5 × 8.5” Print in 12×12” Mat
Jonas Claesson, in a collaboration with Shinji Asai and Junichi Asai.
It is a surfer's search of the true nature of the mind, based on the story from "Ten Ox Herding".
Ten Bulls or Ten Ox Herding is a series of short poems and accompanying drawings used in the Zen tradition to describe the stages of a practitioner's progress toward enlightenment and her or his return to society to enact wisdom and compassion.
“The battle is over, and so ends the search. But in reality, you didn't have to look that far, in many ways it was with you all along, and now you will keep it close. It was simply a lack of enlightenment that prevented you from seeing things clearly. And with this understanding comes a feeling of peace and tranquillity, as you soak in the golden sunshine at The Bay.”