Soul of the Samurai av Thomas Cleary

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<B><I>Soul of the Samurai</I> contains modern translations of three classic works of Zen & Bushido.</B><BR><BR>In <I>Soul of the Samurai,</I> bestselling author and respected translator Thomas Cleary reveals the true essence of the Bushido code or Zen warrior teachings according to 17th-century Japanese samurai master Yagyu Munenori and his Zen teacher Takuan Soho.<BR><BR>The three works of Zen & Bushido translated in <I>Soul of the Samurai</I> are:<ul><li><I>The Book of the Sword</I> by Yagyu Munenori </li><li><I>The Inscrutable Subtlety of Immovable Wisdom</I> by Takuan Soho </li><li><I>The Peerless Sword</I> by Takuan Soho</li></ul>Yagyu was a renowned swordsman and chief of the Shogun''s secret police, while Takuan was the Zen spiritual mentor to the Emperor. This samurai philosophy book contains the first English translations of their seminal writings on Bushido. Cleary not only provides clear and readable translations but comprehensive notes introducing the social, political, and