The Religion of the Samurai / A Study of Zen Philosophy and Discipline in China and Japan
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The Samurai are still remembered as some of the fiercest and most skilled warriors in human history. The name alone evokes an image of the grave and powerful swordsman, clad in lacquered armor and armed with a code of honor and clarity of mind that makes the soldiers of the modern era look like children new to the art. But what was it that allowed these men to hone their minds and bodies to such levels of skill and precision? They had no more and no less than any human alive today. The same human potential, the same number of years in their lives. The answer lies in the method of training they...
Chapters (58)
- THE RELIGION OF THE SAMURAI
- CONTENTS
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I
- HISTORY OF ZEN IN CHINA
- CHAPTER II
- HISTORY OF ZEN IN JAPAN
- CHAPTER III
- THE UNIVERSE IS THE SCRIPTURE OF ZEN
- CHAPTER IV
- BUDDHA, THE UNIVERSAL SPIRIT
- CHAPTER V
- THE NATURE OF MAN
- CHAPTER VI
- ENLIGHTENMENT
- CHAPTER VII
- LIFE
- CHAPTER VIII
- THE TRAINING OF THE MIND AND THE PRACTICE OF MEDITATION
- APPENDIX
- ORIGIN OF MAN
- PREFACE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I
- REFUTATION OF DELUSIVE AND PREJUDICED (DOCTRINE)
- CHAPTER II
- REFUTATION OF INCOMPLETE AND SUPERFICIAL (DOCTRINE)
- CHAPTER III
- THE DIRECT EXPLANATION OF THE REAL ORIGIN
- CHAPTER IV
- RECONCILIATION OF THE TEMPORARY WITH THE REAL DOCTRINE
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I
- HISTORY OF ZEN IN CHINA
- CHAPTER II
- HISTORY OF ZEN IN JAPAN
- CHAPTER III
- THE UNIVERSE IS THE SCRIPTURE[FN#107] OF ZEN
- CHAPTER IV
- BUDDHA, THE UNIVERSAL SPIRIT
- CHAPTER V
- THE NATURE OF MAN
- CHAPTER VI
- ENLIGHTENMENT
- CHAPTER VII
- LIFE
- CHAPTER VIII
- THE TRAINING OF THE MIND AND THE PRACTICE OF MEDITATION
- THE FIVE RANKS.—-THE TEN PICTURES.
- APPENDIX
- ORIGIN OF MAN
- TRANSLATED BY
- PREFACE
- ORIGIN OF MAN[FN#282]
- INTRODUCTION
- CHAPTER I
- CHAPTER II
- CHAPTER III
- CHAPTER IV
- THE END.
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