This is an excerpt from “Hidden Leaves” ( Ha Gakure) by Yamamoto Tsunenori, though it was inserted in my copy of Five Rings to elaborate on Musashi’s statement that “ the Way of the warrior is resolute acceptance of death.It is very difficult for most silly fellows to rise above thinking of their own welfare.” By the result of such evil thinking he will only perform evil acts. “Whoever thinks deeply on things, even though he may carefully consider the future, will usually think around the basis of his own welfare. I highly recommend reading it for yourself. The book definitely seems like one that gets better after reading it multiple times so I’ll surely revisit it in the near future. There are many interesting quotes and ideas in the writing that I’m keeping here to look back on. It’s composed of five books: The Book of Earth, The Book of Water, The Book of Fire, The Book of Wind, and The Book of Void. Short background: Musashi was a samurai who defeated over 60 enemies before retiring to a cave to write this guide to strategy then die. I fairly recently read Miyamoto Musashi’s A Book of Five Rings (五輪書, Go Rin no Sho).
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