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廓庵師遠 Kuoan Shiyuan
Woodblock prints by 德力富吉郎 Tokuriki Tomikichirō (1902-2000)

普明 Puming
Woodblock prints from the Jiaxing Tripitaka (嘉興藏) Vol. 23, No. B.128, p. 347ff.

自得慧暉 Zide Huihui
Illustrations by 柴山全慶 Shibayama Zenkei (1894-1974)


(
) 尋牛
1. Searching for the Ox


(
) 見跡
2. Seeing the Traces.


(
) 見牛
3. Seeing the Ox


(
) 得牛
4. Catching the Ox

(一)未牧
1. Undisciplined


(二)初調
2. Discipline Begun

一曰。始闻知识示诲。
1. AWAKENING OF FAITH

() 牧牛
5. Herding the Ox


(三)受制
3. In Harness

(四)回首
4. Faced Round

二曰。信心既发。
2.
FIRST ENTERING

(五)馴伏
 5. Tamed

三曰。既有发明。
3.
NOT THOROUGHLY GENUINE YET

() 騎牛歸家
6. Riding the Ox Home


(六)無礙
6. Unimpeded

(七)任運
7. Laissez Faire

四曰。更无妄念。
4.
TRUE MIND


(八)相忘
8. All Forgotten

() 忘牛存人
7. The Ox Transcended


(九)獨照
9. The Solitary Moon

() 人牛俱忘
8. Both Ox and Self Transcended

(十)雙泯
10. Both Vanished

五曰。心法双忘。
5. BOTH FORGOTTEN


(
) 返本還源
9. Returning to the the Source


(
) 入廛垂手
10. Entering the World

六曰。命根断处。
6. PLAYING