十牛

じゅうぎゅう

Meanings

1. Noun Ten Bulls (ten stages of the herding of an ox, used as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment)

Kanji

• 十 ten. Read as ジュウ.
• 牛 cow. Read as ギュウ.

Words containing 十牛

• 十牛図 (じゅうぎゅうず) Ten Ox-Herding Pictures (ten images and accompanying short poems in Zen iconography that use the herding of an ox as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment)

Word lists

• Buddhism

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