--- "M.Nakazaki" <
afn_mgr@...> wrote:
> Hi, let me ask one question:
>
> What's the meaning of the term "Samurai"?
>
> I simply can't understand why some people mix up
> Zen, Buddhism and Samurai
> (for me, these 3 are something different).
> If the term definition is different, the difference
> could be an answer...
>
> > I think it was just the somewhat naive lunacy of
> saying "I
> > want to be a samurai" that set some people off. I
> don't
> > think anyone is "pissed off". Some people just
> feel the
> > need to correct perceived misinformation - some
> through
> > educating, some more directly through less
> diplomatic
> > means. I tend to rely on the first method, but do
> enjoy
> > the second method as well. And I think I have at
> least a
> > semi-valid point in my comparing a westerner
> saying "I
> > want to be a Samurai" to a Japanese person saying
> "I want
> > to be a Confederate".... I also do think that the
>
> > 'lifestyle' is great, but it isn't a "Samurai"
> lifestyle.
> > If anything it is a Zen or Buddhist lifestyle;
> calling it
> > a "Samurai lifestyle" is a fallacy and a bit
> farcical.
> > Some people don't realize how odd they sound until
> they
> > are shown things from another perspective, so I
> like to
> > think I was facilitating that while only being
> marginally
> > insulting ;-)
>
> M.Nakazaki
>
ni hao.
this is tim heaton......again.
i once learned that being a samurai meant being the
way of the sword,in which had so much history and
respect as well as fear behind it.and a man to choose
this path was not quit yet discoved in completeness as
the chinese had lessoned,so many joined armies and
such to try and futhermore their accomplishments in
the way of the sword but because it was man ruling
more so than teaching the lesson reamained abscent and
man just became powerful with the sword and just a
fragile amount of the awarness in being with the sword
but still the samurai became and few to be the way.the
respect of the blade is not just its temperment and
threat in being in the wrong hands.
i learned from hopes of those who influence the
samurai had in mind to study these things together
like alchemy to term the way of the sword(iron
dragon,tai chi,kung fu,the buddahs palm,and
zen)stillness of the blade with man having the mind to
observe how dangerous he is even to himself to take up
the sword. in being is a method not quite tought to
keep the secret of masturing the sword but still many
have almost mastered it through years of practice,but
the feeling of the sword in mind of too many men
became dangerous.in conclusion to ones eye your no
one,to your own you may be all or nothing as well,and
to many you may be awsome ,to god you too cruel or a
real man,and again who and what was a samurai.and from
what i have studied i am going to do my best at
becoming a true samurai someday and leave this modern
world behind for its own self ruining. sincerly tim heaton.
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