家山漸遠，歧路俄差。得失熾然，是非蜂起。
Gradually our original home fades in the distance and suddenly we are lost among the myriad branching paths. Now we have entered the blazing fire of gain and loss, and also the forest of right and wrong where the leaf of every tree stings like a bee.
Category: ox herding
The Great Dragon Samadhi (那伽大定)
那 伽 nà-gā
大 dà great
定 dìng samadhi
No words are needed between these two friends (aka: Riding the Ox Home)
知音何必鼓唇牙
知音 lit: know sound; meaning: one who listens attentively, bosom friend, a friend who understands you
何必 lit: why certainly; meaning: why?
鼓唇牙 lit: drum, lip, teeth; meaning: nonsense sounds
my “translation”: No words are needed between these two friends
Getting Hold of the Ox
竭盡神通獲得渠 心強力壯卒難除
竭 jié exhaust; use up
盡 jìn end; finish; use up
竭盡 exhausted
神 divine
通 tōng pass through; expert; know well
神通 = Abhijñā (अभिज्ञा) direct knowledge; higher knowledge
Searching for the Ox (尋 牛)
忙 忙 撥 草 去 追 尋
busy busy pulling grass go chase search
水 闊 山 遙 路 更 深
water wide mountain distant path deeper
Writing the Ox, the short version (just the titles)
十牛圖
十 (shí: ten) / 牛 (niú: ox) / 圖 (tú: picture/diagram)
尋牛序一
尋 (xún: to search) / 序 (xù: number) / 一 (yī: one)