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The Zen Way to Martial Arts

A Japanese Master Reveals the Secrets of the Samurai

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Author Taisen Deshimaru
Introduction by George Leonard
Translated by Nancy Amphoux
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Penguin Adult HC/TR | Penguin Books
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On sale Sep 15, 1992 | 978-0-14-019344-2
Sales rights: World
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At last: a book on the martial arts from a true Zen master. Taisen Deshimaru was born in Japan of an old samurai family, and he recieved from the Great Master Kodo Sawaki the Transmission of Mind to Mind when Sawaki died. In 1967, Deshimaru-Roshi went to France and taught as a missionary general of the Sato Zen School until his death in 1982. In Europe he learned how to make Oriental concepts understandable to the Western mind. One of the results of that experience was this book: a series of lessons, question-and-answer sessions, and koans (riddles or anecdotes that point out general principles) that provide practical wisdom for all students of the martial arts--kendo, aikido, iai-do, jodo, or archery--as well as for the general reader interested in Zen.
The Zen Way to the Martial Arts - Taisen Deshimaru Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Bushido: The Way of the Samurai
Strength and Wisdom
The Noble Struggle of the Warrior
Seven Principles
Three Stages
Secret of Budo, Secret of Zen
Directing the Mind
Here and Now
Mondo
Bun Bu Ryodo: The Twofold Way
Sky and Earth in Harmony
Ki: Energy
What is the Practice of Zen?
Mind and Body One
Unmoving Wisdom
Let Go
Not-Think
Mondo
Life and Death
Instruction of a Samurai
Glossary

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At last: a book on the martial arts from a true Zen master. Taisen Deshimaru was born in Japan of an old samurai family, and he recieved from the Great Master Kodo Sawaki the Transmission of Mind to Mind when Sawaki died. In 1967, Deshimaru-Roshi went to France and taught as a missionary general of the Sato Zen School until his death in 1982. In Europe he learned how to make Oriental concepts understandable to the Western mind. One of the results of that experience was this book: a series of lessons, question-and-answer sessions, and koans (riddles or anecdotes that point out general principles) that provide practical wisdom for all students of the martial arts--kendo, aikido, iai-do, jodo, or archery--as well as for the general reader interested in Zen.

Table of Contents

The Zen Way to the Martial Arts - Taisen Deshimaru Preface and Acknowledgments
Introduction
Bushido: The Way of the Samurai
Strength and Wisdom
The Noble Struggle of the Warrior
Seven Principles
Three Stages
Secret of Budo, Secret of Zen
Directing the Mind
Here and Now
Mondo
Bun Bu Ryodo: The Twofold Way
Sky and Earth in Harmony
Ki: Energy
What is the Practice of Zen?
Mind and Body One
Unmoving Wisdom
Let Go
Not-Think
Mondo
Life and Death
Instruction of a Samurai
Glossary

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