... presented with original piano compositions

Audio CD included.  Soft cover with colored illustrations

Affectionately regarded in the legend and lore of Buddhism, the popularity of the ox herding pictures has derived, in part, from their usefulness. Anyone interested in Zen is likely familiar with this series of ink and brush pictures which, providing a symbolic model, depict the story of a herdsman taming an unruly ox. It is significant that this superb simile of the dynamics of meditation practice - were the ox stands for the mind and the herdsman for the person engaged in meditation - goes back to very ancient and 'pre-Zen' times.
This uniquely attractive presentation of the ox herding pictures includes not only all the traditionally associated prefaces and poems but also a CD containing ten brief piano compositions - one for each picture - performed and recorded by the composer, and includes an original historical introduction.

$25.00
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