Use metaphors to help practitioners understand how to adjust their minds and subdue their inner demons.

Practice requires patience, willingness to be indifferent, and happiness in loneliness. For a mountain with nine ridges, it must come from a barrier. The practice of Dharma is implemented in 'observation of the mind', and the key to 'observation of the mind' is 'self-knowledge of thoughts and self-consciousness of thoughts. ’ Think more correctly and don’t make any judgments.

In Buddhism, cows are very noble animals, full of dignity and virtue. The Sutra of Shengwan praises the greatness of the Buddha and compares the Buddha to the "King of Oxes". The Infinite Life Sutra praises Buddhas and Bodhisattvas: "For example, he is like the King of Oxes. His appearance and appearance are incomparable." And in the "Lotus Sutra of Wonderful Dharma Sutra: Metaphors", there are metaphors of sheep carts, deer carts, and ox carts. Among them, the two carts of sheep and deer are likened to the Shravakas and Pratyekabuddhas of Hinayana, while the ox cart is used to symbolize the Bodhisattvas with higher realms, that is, the ox cart is used as a metaphor for the path to Buddhahood and the Buddha nature of all living beings. He also uses a big white cow in the open as a metaphor for the highest state of spiritual practice. In the Agama Sutra, twelve methods of tending cows are used as metaphors for the twelve cultivation methods for harmonizing the mind and body. It is more specific in the "Buddha Relics Sutra", "It is like herding cows, holding a staff and watching them, not letting them run away and harming people's crops." This means that practitioners should control their minds like herding cows, and never forget to control them. Heart, calm down. It can be seen that the relationship between Buddhism and cattle is very close.