Full name: The Zen Way to Martial Arts: A Japanese Master Reveals the Secrets of the Samurai

Author: Taisen Deshimaru Year: 1983 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Philosophy, Non Fiction, Religion Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780140193442 0140193448

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. Similar books: Zen in the Martial Arts by Joe Hyams Living the Martial Way by Forrest E. Morgan The Life-Giving Sword by Yagyu Munenori Tao of Jeet Kune Do by Bruce Lee Musashi's Book of Five Rings by Stephen F. Kaufman The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche Living Buddha, Living Christ by Thich Nhat Hanh Being Peace by Thich Nhat Hanh 365 Tao by Ming-Dao Deng Awakening the Buddha Within by Surya Das God in Search of Man by Abraham Joshua Heschel The Way of Zen by Alan Watts The Connected Discourses of the Buddha by Bhikkhu Bodhi Everyday Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck The Words of My Perfect Teacher by Patrul Rinpoche No Death, No Fear by Thich Nhat Hanh Nothing Special by Charlotte Joko Beck Everything Arises, Everything Falls Away by Ajahn Chah Works of Love by Soren Kierkegaard Hardcore Zen by Brad Warner