Takuan Soho: 2 books
The Unfettered Mind
Writings from a Zen Master to a Master Swordsman
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
This classic samurai-era text fused Japanese swordsmanship with Zen and influenced the direction that the art has taken ever since. Written by the seventeenth-century Zen master Takuan Soho (1573–1645), The Unfettered Mind is a book of advice on swordsmanship and the cultivation of right mind and...
Tao Te Ching
Zen Teachings on the Taoist Classic
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2011
This version of the Tao Te Ching presents the classic in a unique light, through the eyes of a renowned master of the Rinzai Zen tradition. Takuan Soho, who lived from 1573 to 1645, was an acerbic, witty, free spirit who; a painter, poet, author, calligrapher, gardener, and a tea master. He was also...