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sect. The title translates roughly to "The Mysterious Records of Immovable Wisdom". The book is a series of three discourses addressed to samurai but applicable to everyone who desires an introduction to Zen philosophy, the book makes little use of Buddhist terminology and instead focuses on
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Individually and broadly speaking, one could say that Fudōchishinmyōroku deals with technique, how the self is related to the Self during confrontation, and how an individual may become a unified whole.
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Taiaki, "Annals of the Sword Taia", (太阿記) written perhaps to Munenori or possibly to Ono Tadaaki, head of the Ittō school of swordsmanship and an official instructor to the
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All three chapters/essays are addressed to the samurai class, and all three seek to unify the spirit of Zen with the spirit of the sword.
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Between these, Reiroshu, "The Clear Sound of Jewels", deals with the fundamental nature of humans: how a swordsman,
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Mugaku (1226–86): A Chinese priest of the Linchi (Rinzai) sect, invited to Japan by Hojo Tokimune in 1278
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Fudōchishinmyōroku (The Mysterious Record of Immovable Wisdom) is divided into the following sections:
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Taiaki deals more with the psychological aspects of the relationship between the self and the other.
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Daito Kokushi (1282–1337): A follower of Daio Kokushi regarded to be the founder of Zen at Daitokuji
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Nai Chi Hsu T'ang (1185–1269): Also known as Hsu T'ang Chih Yu; a Chinese monk of Linchi Buddhism
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describing situations followed by an interpretation. Its contents make an effort to apply
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Hotto Kokushi (1207–98): A monk of the Rinzai sect who traveled to Sung China in 1249
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Daio Kokushi (1234–1308): A monk of the Rinzai sect who studied Buddhism in China
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Kogaku Osho (1465–1548): An Arinzai monk who taught Zen to the Emperor Go-Nara
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Fudōchishinmyōroku, "The Mysterious Record of Immovable Wisdom", written to
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The Unfettered Mind – Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master
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Shao K'ang-chieh (1011–77): A scholar of the Northern Sung Dynasty
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The Fan-i Ming-i Chi, a Sung Dynasty Sanskrit-Chinese dictionary
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Shonin (1239–89): Founder of the Jodo sect of Pure Land Buddhism
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Throw the Gourd into the Water Push It Down and It Will Spin
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Sōhō refers to many poems and sayings, including those of:
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Throw a Ball into a Swift Current and It Will Never Stop
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Of the three essays in the treatise, two were letters:
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The Interval into Which Not Even a Hair Can Be Entered
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The Namu Amida Butsu, "Homage to the Buddha Amitabha"
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The Mind of the Existent Mind and the Mind of No-Mind
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Index

Buddhist philosophy
martial arts
Takuan Sōhō
Rinzai
Zen
Yagyū Munenori
Yagyū Shinkage-ryū
swordsmanship
Saigyō
Mencius
Jien
Zhongfeng Mingben
Pi Yen Lu
Ise Monogatari
Doctrine of the Mean
Golden Light Sutra
Li Po
Ippen
Bodhidharma
Ta Chien
Categories
Martial arts books
Edo-period works
Edo-period books about Buddhism
Zen texts

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