Zen & the ten oxherding pictures

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Title:

Zen & the ten oxherding pictures

Alternate title:

Zen and the 10 oxherding pictures

Author:

Demi, author.

Summary:

"In this beloved Zen Buddhist allegory, a boy is searching for his missing ox-his true self. And once he finds it, he struggles to tame and train it. For the journey of the young ox herder is also the story of our journey toward enlightenment. Award-winning author, Demi, presents the story of the herd boy and his ox with all the simplicity and beauty of the traditional Zen Buddhist representations. An appendix provides further details on the history and meaning of the oxherding pictures and on the special branch of Buddhism called Zen, which flourished in China, Korea, and Japan, and was later introduced to the West in the early 20th century."-- Provided by publisher.

Audience:

Ages 4-8 Wisdom Tales

Grades 2-3 Wisdom Tales

Physical Description:

1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 27 cm

Genre:

Picture books.

Subject Term:

Zen Buddhism -- Juvenile literature.

Enlightenment (Zen Buddhism) -- Juvenile literature.

Spiritual life -- Zen Buddhism -- Juvenile literature.

Buddhism -- Juvenile literature.

Publisher:

Wisdom Tales,

Publication Date:

2022

ISBN:

9781937786953

Publication Information:

Bloomington, Indiana : Wisdom Tales, [2022]

Call Number:

P DEMI

Holds: Copies:

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Item Barcode	Collection	Call Number	Status	Item Holds
33607003600346	New Picture Books	DEMI	Searching... Unknown	Searching... Unavailable

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Summary

In this beloved Zen Buddhist allegory, a boy is searching for his missing ox--his true self. And once he finds it, he struggles to tame and train it. For the journey of the young ox herder is also the story of our journey toward enlightenment. Award-winning author, Demi, presents the story of the herd boy and his ox with all the simplicity and beauty of the traditional Zen Buddhist representations. An appendix provides further details on the history and meaning of the oxherding pictures and on the special branch of Buddhism called Zen, which flourished in China, Korea, and Japan, and was later introduced to the West in the early 20th century.

Author Notes

Demi is the award-winning author of over 300 bestselling children's books, including Buddha, Amitabha: The Buddha of Light and Life, The Fantastic Adventures of Krishna, Shiva, and Talking to God. Her titles have sold over two million copies. The Empty Pot was selected by former First Lady Barbara Bush in 1990 as one of the books to be read on the ABC Radio Network Program Mrs. Bush's Story Time, sponsored by the Children's Literacy Initiative. Demi's book Gandhi was named a New York Times Best Illustrated Book and received an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award. Major exhibitions of her work have been held in numerous museums in the U.S., including the Time/Life Gallery in New York, the Botolph Galleries in Boston and Cambridge, and the Los Angeles County Museum. Demi won a Fulbright Scholarship to India, and in addition she represented the U.S. at the First International Children's Book Conference in Beijing, China, in 1992. She lives with her husband in Yarrow Point, WA.