PICTURE  herd.

 Buffalo not only  appear in the literature, in  the judgment  , but also  appearing even in painting. Ministry "CROSS  SECTION NGƯU CHART" is ten  paintings herd . Ten  paintings  uninterrupted borrowed  imagery  a  shepherds  go  buffalo and a buffalo to talk about " mental technology " of the Buddha.

 According to many Buddhist scriptures, the competition was born from  the reign yet, under the brush, and who is  the author  's hard to  look up  to with precision.His main corpus  Hoang Chau  Ming Dynasty inside  China , in the preface to the ten  paintings  he also said the controversy is unclear whether or not a person by hand? It certainly  is a very ancient paintings,  the original  has to be composed of 4 sets theory, have another theory for 5 or 6 sets, but through many  fluctuations downs  should always lost.

 Ministry earliest paintings were discovered Legend is the  teacher  Guo Am (Kakuan or Kuoan Shihyuan, 1100-1200, also commonly known as  the Far Gain Am Division ) who  China , was born in the twelfth century Song Dynasty. Zen Master  is based on  the old argument of the  ancestors  and painting 10  paintings  herd , borrowed  images  symbolic  of buffalo in  Taoism , and then post the comment by legal and  prose . His paintings pure meditation, deepening the level of competition of the  seniors  , and from there  became the source  of inspiration  deep  for  generations  later adapted that more paintings draw more.

 Ten buffalo represents the steps  sequentially  in the  realization of comprehensive hybrid position  (ie  the essence , or  buddha nature ). Paintings are  found  in collections of paintings of Japanese artist Zhou Wenzhong in 1460, but only a copy, not the original show.

 Zen Master  Guo Am has said: "From the foot of the Buddhas,  sentient everyone available, vacuum source was Buddha,  living beings  also have that power vacuum. Because  beings  forget (anesthesia) sources should foot  damnation  in  the third world . If realized, getting resources where their feet are available quickly escape  samsara . Therefore, new sources Buddhas receive pins which  become Buddhas  and  sentient beings  are created now should go in  the third world . "  Three Realms  This is the  three realms : the realm of Education, realms and realms Sac  Immaterial . All  beings  of  the three worlds also  within samsara  samsara .

 Since then more and more of other new painting or color, or black and white, began to  appear  in the place of  the old blue ,  monastery , and the paintings also  reflect  a lot of different trends in the  practice , inconsistency dryly, but flexible  creativity ,  grace  transmission of this . Such is not the only one, but there are many " items ox  map " different, all watered  spirit of  Buddhism  Mahayana . In the current controversy was  handed down  common  at most competitive  teacher  and painter Quach Am  monks  brown shirt  Thanh Residential . This two picture sets  formidable  than in style and  syntax .

 Paintings "Cross  Section Niu  Toys" unknown were  introduced  into our country from time to time. In the book  historical  Buddhist  Vietnam male there is  also no reference to the  teacher  or  lay  any reminder to ten  picture this. But the reign of King Le Du Tong (1706-1729) and Lord Trinh Cuong had  teacher  Quang Tri compose episode "Cross  Section Niu  Luan League Toys" by Chinese writer to the king  evaluation . Episode  commentaries  are documented period of Tu Duc (1847-1883) Nguyen Dynasty. 

 Although there are many paintings but the  form  of the public as well as the public, each set contains 10 pictures, each picture has a poetry reciting with  great quartet and a  glossary  of  prose  for both paintings and  verse . As for the  spirit , the competition although many, but can be classified into two categories:  the Mahayana  and Zen .

 Competition-oriented type  of Mahayana  redrawing process  enlightenment , from self win  instincts  alone, to self-knowledge, and  the final  is  reached liberation . Competition-oriented type  Zen  portrayed empirical process  spirituality  with three phases: the wrong catch heart center, heart  heartless  and  average heart  often. In each category, all other differences picturesque, but all legal and commentary for each type has not changed.

 Pictures  who  shepherds  symbolize  the  world can , for  meditation , for  the position , generally for  the law  of the  Lord Buddha . The buffalo  symbolizes  the mind of  sentient beings , this mind is the mind  delusions , heart  distinction ,  contains  full  afflictions ,  delusions  and  desires . We students  taking  the teaching  true  of  the Buddha  to treat the  delusions  and  desires  This is also  the same  as the  shepherds  of buffalo  wild  stock disabilities so full!

 Buddha never considered  living beings  as buffalo. Buddhist scriptures which speak to the buffalo, refers to  nature  si idiot,  no mind  where every species of  living beings  only. Buddha's performance is "overcoming Professor", so he was a shepherd, or a skillful coachman, gave  them birth  to the stronghold  peace  of  liberation .

 In Beijing also taught: "Just because the wind blowing action scenes make big waves emerge." Countries with separate but waves of them only count as one. However  , if the water  often  carry boat calm  down the  waves of rage could do capsize. Who need mental transformation  to  observe  that shows  identity not  mistaken identity; heard the  disapproval  known; Aromatic ceremonious not rot; a bitter sweet; rough  or smooth tapered also  a possible . When the  herd  when the rope was  precepts  perseverance . Whip is  willpower tough. Buffalo captivated by so many days on earth, was  polluted  by the dark that the Academic Year. Academic Year is the first year  of desire  to the five  senses  is like looking looks  beautiful , sweet love to hear flattery, like smelling  the aroma  tho, likes to eat  delicious ... Later the white buffalo because color this is  true  of buffalo childhood  primal  heaven and earth.

 When training the mind do not forget  advice  like: "Outside stop the coast, inside an end to these expectations. Control  of eye sight, hearing of the ear, the smell of the nose, the taste of the tongue. West Vacuum  up, making five formula, each  returning  to its roots, the spiritual year is refined, god, soul, beat, reviews, everything is in its place yen. During the  day, when the eyes also need  insight the flow of buffalo, ears listening  whereabouts  buffalo. Until  the movements,  reciting mantras  are not away from the ox. Lying, sitting, walking, standing, all  to center  on the ox. Do not let a moment is not shining on. Every ticket is left loose. Optical Shen  new emitted shall be collected back, the first not to leave, always  contemplating the  thought of here as kids, so pleased. "

 To compare  the two sets of paintings by two trends,  we  see  images of people  shepherds  differ. Inside  the Mahayana  , the  shepherds  were older, mature, sturdy limbs; while the  Zen  , the  shepherd  boy just a  buffalo  head to the crown, face premature. Photos  Buffalo also different. Buffalo parties  Mahayana with black body burned before  gradually  white out  until  the white  completely . Buffalo parties  Zen  is before after just a unlucky color, big  bulky . All have  implications ,  depending on the  concept  and  frugal  of each and every practice austerities , but high achievement are not going out About - Dinh - Hue of the  teachings  of Buddhism. Table  reconciliation  following shows the difference between the two kinds of war, the  form  and the content:

PICTURE  Mahayana

 1. The position: no blankets

 2. Profile of things: new blankets

 3. Life Dosage: take permission

 4. In obvious: turning

 5.  Week for : tame

 6.  Unknown hesitate : do not be afraid

 7. Responsibility Campaign: the duty

 8. Mutual casualties: the forgotten

 9. projection Single: Private soi

 10. Song introspection: the desert

PICTURE  Zen

 1.  Range ox : find buffalo

 2. Knowledge area: indication

 3. Ants ox: see buffalo

 4. Dac ox: by buffalo

 5.  Section ox :  buffalo

 6.  Cavalry ox shall part : buffalo riding home

 7.  Vong's ox survival : buffalo forgotten people

 8. Human casualties ox question: who are forgotten buffalo

 9. Reflecting the  reconstituted :  back to  the roots

 10. Enter the slopes of  sailors : wandering through the market. END=NAM MO CAKYA MOUNI BUDDHA..( 3 TIMES ).VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGHTENMENT.VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.28/2/2017.