The Sword And The Mind

Author : Yagyu Muenori
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
ISBN 13 : 9780879512569
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Sword and the Mind written by Yagyu Muenori and published by Harry N. Abrams. This book was released on 1988-06-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Japanese swordsmen recorded their philosophy, experiences and ideas during their lifetime in the 16th and 17th centuries. Hiroaki Sato's translation of their work is an illuminating and revealing book on the basic elements of strategy.

Author : Dr. Haha Lung
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corp.
ISBN 13 : 0806535547
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mind-Sword: written by Dr. Haha Lung and published by Kensington Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2011-10-24 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here--at last!--is your only chance to fully master the lethal tactics and techniques of the mysterious Asian "shadow cadre." Miyamoto Musashi (1594–1645)--the greatest swordsman Japan has ever seen and author of the masterpiece Gorin No Sho (A Book of Five Rings)--spent many arduous years as a wandering ronin, studying the murder, mayhem, and mind-control secrets of Asia's dark shadow cadre. Few today are able to grasp the penetrating wisdom of this revered innovator. Now Dr. Haha Lung at last brings his unique perspective to Musashi's hard-won knowledge in this powerful volume, where you'll learn the forbidden secrets of: Japan's Shinobi-Ninja The (in)famous Hirracarrah spies of ancient India Chinese "ninja" such as the Lin-Kuei ("Ghost Warriors") and the Moshuh Nanren espionage and assassination experts Vietnamese "Black Crow" mind-masters Tibetan sDop-sDop mind-warriors STREET AND BOARDROOM WARRIORS BE ADVISED: Mind-Sword is for academic study ONLY. Dr. Haha Lung is the author of more than a dozen books on martial arts, including Mind Penetration, Mind Fist, The Nine Halls of Death, Assassin!, Mind Control: The Ancient Art of Psychological Warfare, and Mental Dominance.

Author : Lama Surya Das
Publisher : Harmony
ISBN 13 : 0767918649
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mind is Mightier Than the Sword written by Lama Surya Das and published by Harmony. This book was released on 2009 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An accessible guide to the essential teachings of Buddhism counsels readers on such topics as developing one's spiritual center, integrating Buddhist principles into a daily life, and making a meaningful difference in the world. Original.

Author : Yagyu Munenori
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595279988
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Way of the Living Sword written by Yagyu Munenori and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-08 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Way of the Living Sword is the final installment in D.E. Tarver's popular Warrior Series. It stands beside The Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi as one of the greatest writings of the warrior mind. In The Way of the Living Sword, Munenori gives an in-depth explanation of the connection between physical martial arts and the mental process of Zen. While Munenori and Musashi were both avid students of Zen, Munenori was more fascinated by the academic aspects of the philosophy. Munenori stretches the consciousness of even the most enlightened martial artist. Martial arts devotees will experience many flashes of revelation as Tarver explores the various aspects of Munenori's approach. Read and grow!

Author : Vernon Kitabu Turner
Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
ISBN 13 : 1780281943
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Soul Sword written by Vernon Kitabu Turner and published by Watkins Media Limited. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An amazing demonstration of the power of Zen in martial arts - Roshi Kitabu, who can physically defeat a powerful opponent with just one finger, shows the reader how to tap into the power of 'no mind', to connect with the Divine Spirit, and to overcome all the obstacles that life throws in his way.

Author : 沢庵宗彭
Publisher : Kodansha International
ISBN 13 : 9784770029478
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Unfettered Mind written by 沢庵宗彭 and published by Kodansha International. This book was released on 2002 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unfettered Mind is a Kodansha International publication.

Author : 柳生宗矩
Publisher : Kodansha International
ISBN 13 : 9784770029553
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 兵法家伝書 written by 柳生宗矩 and published by Kodansha International. This book was released on 2003 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a translation of an important classic on Zen swordfighting. Yagyu's Buddhist spirituality is reflected in his central idea of the life-giving sword' - the notion of controlling an opponent by the spiritual readiness to fight, rather than during the fight. This is a translation of an important classic on Zen swordfighting. Yagyu Munenori was so widely renowned that he was appointed official sword instructor to two Tokugawa shoguns. (The position was always coveted by Miyamoto Musashi, but he never succeeded in gaining the post). Yagyu's'

Author : Peter Haskel
Publisher : University of Hawaii Press
ISBN 13 : 0824837231
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sword of Zen written by Peter Haskel and published by University of Hawaii Press. This book was released on 2012-10-25 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takuan Sōho’s (1573–1645) two works on Zen and swordsmanship are among the most straightforward and lively presentations of Zen ever written and have enjoyed great popularity in both premodern and modern Japan. Although dealing ostensibly with the art of the sword, Record of Immovable Wisdom and On the Sword Taie are basic guides to Zen—“user’s manuals” for Zen mind that show one how to manifest it not only in sword play but from moment to moment in everyday life. Along with translations of Record of Immovable Wisdom and On the Sword Taie (the former, composed in all likelihood for the shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu and his fencing master, Yagyū Munenori), this book includes an introduction to Takuan’s distinctive approach to Zen, drawing on excerpts from the master’s other writings. It also offers an accessible overview of the actual role of the sword in Takuan’s day, a period that witnessed both a bloody age of civil warfare and Japan’s final unification under the Tokugawa shoguns. Takuan was arguably the most famous Zen priest of his time, and as a pivotal figure, bridging the Zen of the late medieval and early modern periods, his story (presented in the book’s biographical section) offers a rare picture of Japanese Zen in transition. For modern readers, whether practitioners of Zen or the martial arts, Takuan’s emphasis on freedom of mind as the crux of his teaching resonates as powerfully as it did with the samurai and swordsmen of Tokugawa Japan. Scholars will welcome this new, annotated translation of Takuan’s sword-related works as well as the host of detail it provides, illuminating an obscure period in Zen’s history in Japan.

Author : Erin Hoffman
Publisher : Pyr
ISBN 13 : 1616143746
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sword of Fire and Sea written by Erin Hoffman and published by Pyr. This book was released on 2011-06-28 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Captain Vidarian Rulorat's great-grandfather gave up an imperial commission to commit social catastrophe by marrying a fire priestess. For love, he unwittingly doomed his family to generations of a rare genetic disease that follows families who cross elemental boundaries. Now Vidarian, the last surviving member of the Rulorat family, struggles to uphold his family legacy, and finds himself chained to a task as a result of the bride price his great-grandfather paid: The priestess Endera has called upon Vidarian to fulfill his family's obligation by transporting a young fire priestess named Ariadel to a water temple far to the south, through dangerous pirate-controlled territory. Vidarian finds himself at the intersection not only of the world's most volatile elements, but of the ancient and alien powers that lurk between them...

Author : Jay Wobith Stein
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mind and the Sword written by Jay Wobith Stein and published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. This book was released on 1961 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: