012: How To Find Enlightenment And Meaning Like A Warrior - Miyamoto Musashi from Becoming Antifragile

012: How To Find Enlightenment And Meaning Like A Warrior - Miyamoto Musashi

52 minutes Posted Jan 21, 2024 at 11:00 am.

Excerpt on Miyamoto Musashi’s life

What is the Way of the warrior?

Significance of The Book of Five Rings for modern life

Become action-oriented

Strengthen your mind by doing difficult thing, some examples

How anyone can become a warrior using pen and sword

What are the four types of people?

To live the Way you must act

Believe in yourself, there is always strength within

Study all the arts

Why the greatest control themselves

If you follow the Way, you have to transcend categories to reach enlightenment

The moment you know your enemy, you will love him but you must destroy your enemy

The Dokkodo, the 21 precepts for living in this chaotic world

The Book of the Void and the mystical experiences

The challenge

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Lessons from the Book of Five Rings and ⁠Dokkodo⁠ by Miyamoto Musashi. Miyamoto Musashi (1585 -1645) is a sword-saint, poet, artist and legend.

The Book of Five Rings (五輪の書, Go Rin No Sho) contains strategies of warfare, single combat, and most importantly the Way to finding enlightenment and meaning as a warrior. And the The Dokkodo (獨行道, The Path of Aloneness) is a list of 21 precepts for living a life of honesty and honour.

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