Coping with Suffering: An Existentialist Perspective of the 10 Ox herding Pictures
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This article is a comparison between the Ten Ox Herding Pictures, a series of paintings and poetry describing the progress toward enlightenment in Seon (Ch’an, Zen) Buddhism, and the novel Nausea by French philosopher, Jean-Paul Sartre. This comparison is done in order to give a fuller understanding to each narrative, particularly emphasizing the ways in which each relate to, and handle existential suffering. It is the aim of this essay to show that both narratives are accounts of a journey from delusion toward awakening by means of an introspective, philosophic investigation. By comparing the Ten Ox Herding Pictures with Nausea each can be seen from a new perspective. When interpreting the Ten Ox Herding Pictures from Sartre’s Existentialist point of view, one is given an example of how the ox-herder’s progression could look in the modern world. By interpreting Nausea through the lens of the Ten Ox Herding Pictures, one is provided with a model to guide them through the complexity of Sartre’s novel. Furthermore, we emphasize the shift from conceptual to non-conceptual understanding that is common to both narratives.
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This article is a comparison between the Ten Ox Herding Pictures, a series of paintings and poetry describing the progress toward enlightenment in Seon (Ch’an, Zen) Buddhism, and the novel Nausea by French philosopher, Jean-Paul Sartre. This comparison is done in order to give a fuller understanding to each narrative, particularly emphasizing the ways in which each relate to, and handle existential suffering. It is the aim of this essay to show that both narratives are accounts of a journey from delusion toward awakening by means of an introspective, philosophic investigation. By comparing the Ten Ox Herding Pictures with Nausea each can be seen from a new perspective. When interpreting the Ten Ox Herding Pictures from Sartre’s Existentialist point of view, one is given an example of how the ox-herder’s progression could look in the modern world. By interpreting Nausea through the lens of the Ten Ox Herding Pictures, one is provided with a model to guide them through the complexity of Sartre’s novel. Furthermore, we emphasize the shift from conceptual to non-conceptual understanding that is common to both narratives.
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