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Ten Bulls or Ten Ox Herding Pictures (十牛; Japanese: jūgyū, Chinese: shíniú) is a series of short poems and accompanying pictures used in the Zen tradition to illustrate the stages of a practitioner's progression towards the purification of the mind and enlightenment, [web 1] as well as his or her subsequent return into the world while acting out of wisdom.
Rokas Jazdauskas (born 14 April 2005) is a Lithuanian swimmer. He is European champion in men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay. [1] [2] International championships (50 m)
Rokas Žilinskas (20 July 1972 – 6 June 2017 [1]) was a Lithuanian journalist and politician. He was elected to the Seimas in 2008 and was a member of the Lithuanian Parliament until his death. He was the first openly gay member of the parliament.
Zen in the United States; Modern Chinese Chán. Hsuan Hua; Sheng-yen; Hsing Yun; Rinzai Zen. D. T. Suzuki; Sokei-an; Soto Zen. Shunryū Suzuki; Sanbo Kyodan. Haku'un ...
The rakusu represents the garments that the Buddha put together to wear after he left his palace to seek enlightenment.According to Buddhist scripture, Siddhārtha left the palace where he was a prince, and collected rags from trash heaps, funeral pyres, and various other places. [3]
The TV series Fargo makes liberal use of koans. For example, in episode 5, titled "The Six Ungraspables" (May 2014), Gus' rabbi-like neighbor relates a parable, [1] [3] and in episode 6, "Buridan's Ass", Malvo has Don (voice disguised) phone Stavros and read a koan over the telephone.
Bankei Yōtaku was born in 1622, in Harima Province to a samurai turned medicine man named Suga Dosetsu. His boyhood name was Muchi. Bankei's mother bore the last name of Noguchi, and little more is known of her, other than that the society of the time extolled her as 'Maya who begot three Buddhas,' - Maya being the mother of the historical Buddha, Shakyamuni.
Rokas Zubovas (born 31 July 1966) is a Lithuanian pianist. While still a student at the Lithuanian Academy of Music , Zubovas won the VI Inter-Republical Čiurlionis competition, ex-aequo with Moldovan pianist Ina Chatipova.