noun
Ten Bulls; Ten Ox-Herding Pictures
A set of ten stages in Zen Buddhism, using the herding of an ox as a metaphor for the practitioner's progress toward enlightenment. Often depicted in a series of pictures with accompanying verses.
十牛図は、禅の修行の過程を牛を飼いならすことにたとえたものです。
The Ten Ox-Herding Pictures use the taming of an ox as an analogy for the stages of Zen practice.