Zen and the Way of the Sword

Zen and the Way of the Sword
Author: Winston L. King
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 286
Release: 1993
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780195092615


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How the samurai cultivated Zen, relating its teaching of a free and spontaneous mind to the experience of a warrior in individual combat, and finding philosophical strength in Zen as they prepared themselves for death.


Zen and the Way of the Sword
Language: en
Pages: 286
Authors: Winston L. King
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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How the samurai cultivated Zen, relating its teaching of a free and spontaneous mind to the experience of a warrior in individual combat, and finding philosophi
Zen & The Way of the Sword
Language: en
Pages: 265
Authors: Winston Lee King
Categories: Japan
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993 - Publisher:

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King offers a fascinating look into the mind of the samurai swordsman in a far-reaching account of the role of Zen in the thought, culture, and the martial arts
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Language: en
Pages: 310
Authors: Brian Daizen Victoria
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-06-22 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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A compelling history of the contradictory, often militaristic, role of Zen Buddhism, this book meticulously documents the close and previously unknown support o
Zen and the Way of the Sword
Language: en
Pages:
Authors: Bill Akpinar
Categories:
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Soul Sword: The Way and Mind of a Zen Warrior
Language: en
Pages: 194
Authors: Vernon Kitabu Turner Author
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-10-10 - Publisher: Duncan Baird Publishers

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This book is about conquering fear. Roshi Kitabu (writing as Vernon Kitabu Turner) knows from personal experience how to overcome fear. As a child, he cowered b