The Philosophy of Taming the Bull

Philosophy and Culture 35 (11):43-56 (2008)
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Abstract

China is an agricultural society, eat their ability metaphor Zen monastic experience to work cattle. Huai Nan Yue, Shi Gong Hui Zang, Baizhang Huai Hai, Changqing Zen Master Ta are the four traditional ways of thinking to express Zen thought. Nansen P is willing to woo you with the flexibility Weishan not take the traditional route, but to escape form the Buddhist awareness and innovative ways of thinking to do the future. They two都music intended to be reborn into a cow future health, music in them. This detective thriller command people suspected, not the solution, confused. Originally cattle is the main, the object of the establishment, but the general wish and Weishan Nanquan Yu is the main object into one Spirit, to upgrade beyond the main body of cattle hopping and wheel back from the road is among the six. Both of these Zen expression of autonomy and flexibility is the heart of transcendence, I have a big balcony current concept of equality, compassion is not the real music is too hard to avoid, not a detached three realms, but the full integration of people I obliterate everything as a whole, there is no hierarchical or distinction, embodied as flexible as not moving out of true. Willing not prevent true for cattle, such as such as not moving. Jackson both humorous and serious look at their life and death event, any outsider how to criticism, it is not In order to shake their aspirations, the situation at the degree and Ning meditation wizard. The philosophy of taming the bull has been famous from the 8th century in China. It described the skill of taming bull just similar to the progress of human awareness. The situation is just alike from delusive mind to the pure and enlightened Tao. The bull is the symbol of self Nature. There are 10 steps of taming skill, hint 10 progress of realization. The bull should change its color from black to white, at the same time human make progress from innocence to awareness and realization. Finally the bull will go home willingly, human will get the nature source happily, creat a new life, transcend the time and the space, even transmigration. The 10 steps are: 1. Searching for the lost black bull. 2. Discover the footprints of the bull. 3 . Perceive the black bull-reflection of self-conscious. 4. Catch the bull-hold ourselves. 5. Taming the bull-training our own. 6. Astride the bull home-homeward to our Nature source. 7. Leave the bull alone -solitude of ego self. 8. Transcend the boy and the bull-transcend subject and object. 9. Back to the original-enlightenment and escape. 10. Love this world-Mahayana career, devoted to the world. Farming is the life style of ancient Indians and Chinese. Taming bull is a common experience. It is so natured and easily understood. The spiritual life is frank to everyone. This thinking was welcomed by the Eastern and the Western. Nowadays it is recited by many poets, and painted many pictures. Because it comes from the common sense, it makes people feel beautiful and practical

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