From the author of Code of the Samurai comes this exploration of the key influence of Zen on the samurai\'s combat style, from its emphasis on detachment to the teaching to clear the mind and be in the moment.
In these Classic works, we learn that Zen mental control and meditational training were as important to the Samurai as swordsmanship and fighting skills..
These writings introduce the reader to the authentic world of Zen culture and the secrets behind the samurai\'s success--being in the moment and freeing the mind from all distractions, allowing you to react instantaneously and instinctively without thinking.
Cleary not only provides clear and readable Translations but comprehensive notes introducing the social, political, and organizational principles that defined samurai culture--their loyalty to family, their sense of service and duty, and their political strategies for dealing with allies and enemies.
This samurai philosophy book contains the first English Translations of their seminal writings on Bushido.
The Three Works of Zen & Bushido translated in Soul of the Samurai are: The Book of the Sword by Yagyu Munenori The Inscrutable Subtlety of Immovable Wisdom by Takuan Soho The Peerless Sword by Takuan Soho Yagyu was a renowned swordsman and chief of the Shogun\'s secret police, while Takuan was the Zen spiritual mentor to the Emperor.
In Soul of the Samurai, bestselling author and respected translator Thomas Cleary reveals the true essence of the Bushido code or Zen warrior teachings according to 17th-century Japanese samurai master Yagyu Munenori and his Zen teacher Takuan Soho.
Soul of the Samurai contains Modern Translations of Three Classic Works of Zen & Bushido.
From the author of Code of the Samurai comes this exploration of the key influence of Zen on the samurai\'s combat style, from its emphasis on detachment to the teaching to clear the mind and be in the moment
