The Ten Oxherding Pictures from Master Hsuyun
http://www.hsuyun.org/Dharma/zbohy/Poetry/hsuyun-ox-herding.html
1. Pushing Aside the Grass to Look for the Ox
Wanting to break through to Emptiness with my white cudgel
I cried out louder than the bellowing Ox, mooing through my senses.
I followed mountain and stream searching for the Ox, seeking it everywhere.
But I couldnÂ’t tell in which direction it had gone... west?... or east?
2. Suddenly Seeing Tracks
On I searched... into the mountains and along the river banks.
But in every direction I went, I went in vain.
Who would have suspected that it was right where I stood;
That I needed only nod my head and my true Self would appear before me.
3. Seeing the Ox
Its wild nature is now calmed in lazy sleep.
By the stream, under the trees, crushing the blades of dew laden grass
The Ox sleeps without a care.
At last I have found it... there with its great head and horns.