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From The Zen Way to The Martial Arts
How can we direct our mind? The answer lies in Zen, not in the techniques of the Martial arts plus Zen equals Japanese Budo.
How can we educate the mind and learn to direct it?
Kodo Sawaki, as I said, spoke of kyu shin ryu, the approach or method transmitted by this school in a traditional text, one chapter of which deals with the "tranquil spirit." Here is an excerpt from it:
There is no ememy.
The mind has no form, but sometimes it can have form.(That is the same as in zazen)
Sometimes our mind can be apprehended but sometimes it cannot. When the mind's activity fills the cosmos, which is the space between sky and earth, and when we know how to seize the opportunity that presents itself, thenn we can turn evry shift to profit, avoid mishaps, and attack the whole infinity of things in one thing.
