Description
A beautifully illustrated book that reveals how the spiritual nature of Japanese warrior's philosophy can be used as a guide to everyday living.
Library's review
This beautiful, lyrical book revives the noble values of the Japanese warrior, offering simple yet powerful messages of comfort, support, and guidance for the challenges that each day brings.
With the warrior as mentor we are taken on a cyclical journey, sharing with him the pleasure and pain, the
Written in a style that echoes the oriental tradition of instruction from master to pupil, each of the thirty-six readings reflects a stage in the warrior's journey, and each is mirrored in a superb example of Japanese art. Evocative prints, drawings and paintings are used throughout to help create not only an indispensable oracle for life, but also a beautiful book to treasure.
Lucas Estrella Schultz is a student of the philosophies and practices of the martial arts of Japan and China, and has been deeply influenced by the teachings of Buddhism and Shinto as well as by the writings of Carlos Castaneda (The Teachings of Don Juan) and Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. He studied animal behaviour in Germany and works as a professor of psychophysiology at the Andres Bello National University in Santiago, Chile, where he now lives.
In this exquisite book the spiritual nature of a Japanese warrior's philosophy reaveals how we, too, canuse these beliefes as a guide inour own lives.
The warrior travels on his journey, and his experiences are recounted as if from master to pupil to offer us guidance and suppoort for the challenges of everyday life. Each morning, simply open the book and choose one of the thirty-six readings at random to discover the message the warrior brings you for that day.
Path of the Warrior is illustrated with stunning Japanese art, and each image has been carefully chosen to express the sentiments of the warrior's words. No other book brings such an understanding of the bushi-the Japanese warrior-and the world in which he lives, nor offers us the chance to learn from his story as we progress on our own life journey.
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
1 The warrior is born
2 The warrior awakens
3 The warrior begins the journey
4 The warrior shows his interior
5 The warrior seeks for the brother
6 The warrior gathers the armies
7 The warrior cuts the chains
8 The warrior searches for the demon
9 The warrior conceals himself
10 The warrior stays alert
11 The warrior shows his sword
12 The warrior obstructs the way
13 The warrior jumps into the abyss
14 The warrior struggles
15 The warrior suffers
16 The warrior vanquishes
17 The warrior retrires
18 The warrior hides his interior
19 The warrior devotes entirely
20 The warrior loves
21 The warrior loses the path
22 The warrior enjoys the wine and his lover
23 The warrior is defeated
24 The warrior gazes at the horizon
25 The warrior sits
26 The warrior takes up the path again
27 The warrior returns to the origin
28 The warrior reaffirms the bonds
29 The warrior honours his master
30 The warrior clears the way
31 The warrior protects
32 The warrior teaches
33 The warrior abandons himself
34 The warrior erases his track
35 The warrior dies
36 The warrior is born
Picture credits
Acknowledgements
With the warrior as mentor we are taken on a cyclical journey, sharing with him the pleasure and pain, the
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successes and defeats that we all face in life. He shows us how to learn from these experiences, to grow and move forward using the universal nature of the beliefs to act as our guide.Written in a style that echoes the oriental tradition of instruction from master to pupil, each of the thirty-six readings reflects a stage in the warrior's journey, and each is mirrored in a superb example of Japanese art. Evocative prints, drawings and paintings are used throughout to help create not only an indispensable oracle for life, but also a beautiful book to treasure.
Lucas Estrella Schultz is a student of the philosophies and practices of the martial arts of Japan and China, and has been deeply influenced by the teachings of Buddhism and Shinto as well as by the writings of Carlos Castaneda (The Teachings of Don Juan) and Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche. He studied animal behaviour in Germany and works as a professor of psychophysiology at the Andres Bello National University in Santiago, Chile, where he now lives.
In this exquisite book the spiritual nature of a Japanese warrior's philosophy reaveals how we, too, canuse these beliefes as a guide inour own lives.
The warrior travels on his journey, and his experiences are recounted as if from master to pupil to offer us guidance and suppoort for the challenges of everyday life. Each morning, simply open the book and choose one of the thirty-six readings at random to discover the message the warrior brings you for that day.
Path of the Warrior is illustrated with stunning Japanese art, and each image has been carefully chosen to express the sentiments of the warrior's words. No other book brings such an understanding of the bushi-the Japanese warrior-and the world in which he lives, nor offers us the chance to learn from his story as we progress on our own life journey.
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
1 The warrior is born
2 The warrior awakens
3 The warrior begins the journey
4 The warrior shows his interior
5 The warrior seeks for the brother
6 The warrior gathers the armies
7 The warrior cuts the chains
8 The warrior searches for the demon
9 The warrior conceals himself
10 The warrior stays alert
11 The warrior shows his sword
12 The warrior obstructs the way
13 The warrior jumps into the abyss
14 The warrior struggles
15 The warrior suffers
16 The warrior vanquishes
17 The warrior retrires
18 The warrior hides his interior
19 The warrior devotes entirely
20 The warrior loves
21 The warrior loses the path
22 The warrior enjoys the wine and his lover
23 The warrior is defeated
24 The warrior gazes at the horizon
25 The warrior sits
26 The warrior takes up the path again
27 The warrior returns to the origin
28 The warrior reaffirms the bonds
29 The warrior honours his master
30 The warrior clears the way
31 The warrior protects
32 The warrior teaches
33 The warrior abandons himself
34 The warrior erases his track
35 The warrior dies
36 The warrior is born
Picture credits
Acknowledgements
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ISBN
312184441
Publication
St. Martin's Press 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010