How Long to Read Gentling the Bull

How Long Does it Take to Read Gentling the Bull?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 33 minutes to read Gentling the Bull by Venerable Myokyo-Ni, The Vene

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This Zen guide offers a readable, helpful interpretation of a classic pillar of Zen training. The Venerable Myokyo-ni is one of today's most distinguished teachers in the Rinzai Zen tradition. In Gentling the Bull she offers an insightful explanation of the Ten Ox-Herding Pictures, showing how they are a metaphor of both one's Zen training and spiritual journey. The Ten Ox-Herding Pictures, also known as the Ten Bull Pictures, are believed to have been drawn by Kakuan, a twelfth century Chinese Zen master, but became widely used as a means of Zen study in fifteenth-century Japan. They are used in formal Zen training to this day to show the stages of one's realization of enlightenment. Each of the ten pictures is presented here with a preface and general foreword to the series by Chi-Yuan, a monk in the direct line of Kakuan. Myokyo-ni provides a lucid introduction that sets the pictures in their historical context and shows their relevance to modern Zen training. In her own comments on each picture, she discusses how they are representative of our own search for "oneness" — spiritual fulfillment.

How long is Gentling the Bull?

Gentling the Bull by Venerable Myokyo-Ni, The Vene is 152 pages long, and a total of 38,304 words.

This makes it 51% the length of the average book. It also has 47% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Gentling the Bull Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 29 minutes to read Gentling the Bull aloud.

What Reading Level is Gentling the Bull?

Gentling the Bull is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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