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Zen Flesh, Zen Bones

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Along the riverbank under the trees (from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones) ENG *
H. Alkema: Discovering the footprints

Astride the bull, I reach home (from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones) ENG *
H. Alkema: The bull transcended

Barefooted and naked of breast, I mingle with the people of the world (from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones) ENG *
H. Alkema: In the world

Both bull and self transcended (Whip, rope, person, and bull -- all merge in No-Thing) (from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones) - H. Alkema ENG *
Catching the bull (I seize him with a terrific struggle) (from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones) - H. Alkema ENG *
Discovering the footprints (Along the riverbank under the trees) (from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones) - H. Alkema ENG *
I hear the song of the nightingale (from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones) ENG *
H. Alkema: Perceiving the bull

I seize him with a terrific struggle (from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones) ENG *
H. Alkema: Catching the bull

In the pasture of this world (from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones) ENG *
H. Alkema: The search for the bull

In the world (Barefooted and naked of breast, I mingle with the people of the world) (from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones) - H. Alkema ENG *
Mounting the bull, slowly I return homeward (from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones) ENG *
H. Alkema: Riding the bull home

Perceiving the bull (I hear the song of the nightingale) (from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones) - H. Alkema ENG *
Reaching the source (Too many steps have been taken returning to the root and the source) (from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones) - H. Alkema ENG *
Riding the bull home (Mounting the bull, slowly I return homeward) (from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones) - H. Alkema ENG *
Taming the bull (The whip and rope are necessary) (from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones) - H. Alkema ENG *
The bull transcended (Astride the bull, I reach home) (from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones) - H. Alkema ENG *
The search for the bull (In the pasture of this world ) (from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones) - H. Alkema ENG *
The whip and rope are necessary (from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones) ENG *
H. Alkema: Taming the bull

Too many steps have been taken returning to the root and the source (from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones) ENG *
H. Alkema: Reaching the source

Whip, rope, person, and bull -- all merge in No-Thing (from Zen Flesh, Zen Bones) ENG *
H. Alkema: Both bull and self transcended