Stages of a spiritual journey are common to all religions. Maps and guideposts are helpful when we undertake that journey. The ten Ox-Herding Pictures, the accompanying ancient poems, and a modern commentary by John Daido Loori, Roshi clarifies the phases of practice encountered on the path of realization in Zen training, a path of exhaustive study of the self and realization of the ultimate nature of reality. The Ox-Herding Pictures can be our companion on the Way of self-discovery, our compass and perspective when we need one. They are a bottomless source of mysterious wisdom to which we can return again and again for inspiration, and they translate easily into the gritty reality of spiritual practice that emerges out of and grounds us in the inescapable relevance of our daily lives.

We offer two publications of this book produced by different companies.
From Dharma Communications Press, Path of Enlightenment, 4 1/4" by 5", 120 pp., pb.
From Shambala Press, Riding the Ox Home, 6" by 7 1/2" with larger type, 82 pp., pb.