"One of the best stories in [[zen]] literature is **a series of ten poems about a farmer and his trouble with a bull**. The poems are an allegory about conquering the self, and the titles of each one map out the journey that each of us must go on: **We search for the bull, we track the footprints, we find it, we catch it, we tame it, we ride it home**." ([Location 1074](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B07QY3CZ9L&location=1074)) --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], **Source** -- [[202409180133 - B - Stillness is the Key]]