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Author | : John Maki Evans |
Publisher | : North Atlantic Books |
Total Pages | : 163 |
Release | : 2011-07-05 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1583944281 |
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In Mikkyo—Japanese esoteric Buddhism—the dragon Kurikara symbolizes the internal energy developed through sword practice. Kurikara is a manifestation of the fierce bodhisattva Fudo Myo O, the patron of ascetics and warriors in Japan, who uses his sword to destroy delusions and sever attachments. Fudo’s sword represents the gaining of discriminative power and decisiveness—the ability to cut through illusion and attachment. This leads to the development of an inner energy that allows one to “burn up” all obstacles to spiritual freedom. Kurikara: The Sword and the Serpent sets out the eight basic principles of swordsmanship common to all Japanese sword schools, emphasizing the cultivation of power and mental focus. Accomplished martial artist John Evans provides practical examples from his experience with the sword arts as well as Mikkyo and shugendo (mountain asceticism). The first foreign student to train with Nakamura Taisaburo sensei—widely acknowledged as the master of the sword art battodo—Evans clearly explains how skill such as Nakamurua sensei’s can be systematically developed through tanren, exercises that meld “inner” and “outer” power. Filled with fascinating anecdotes from Evans’s training in Japan, Kurikara is a useful, inspiring guide to Japanese sword practice and its spiritual underpinnings.
Author | : Marinus Willem de Visser |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 1913 |
Genre | : Buddhism |
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Author | : Kōkan Nagayama |
Publisher | : Kodansha International |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9784770020710 |
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Connoisseur's Book Japanese Swords is a Kodansha International publication.
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Total Pages | : 548 |
Release | : 1912 |
Genre | : Dragons |
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Author | : Willem R. van Gulik |
Publisher | : Brill Archive |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 1982 |
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Author | : Ann Heirman |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 453 |
Release | : 2018-05-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9004366156 |
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Encounters, networks, identities and diversity are at the core of the history of Buddhism. They are also the focus of Buddhist Encounters and Identities across East Asia, edited by Ann Heirman, Carmen Meinert and Christoph Anderl. While long-distance networks allowed Buddhist ideas to travel to all parts of East Asia, it was through local and trans-local networks and encounters, and a diversity of people and societies, that identities were made and negotiated. This book undertakes a detailed examination of discrete Buddhist identities rooted in unique cultural practices, beliefs and indigenous socio-political conditions. Moreover, it presents a fascinating picture of the intricacies of the regional and cross-regional networks that connected South and East Asia.
Author | : Elizabeth A. Oyler |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 562 |
Release | : 2014-01-31 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 194224259X |
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Author | : 土子民夫 |
Publisher | : Kodansha International |
Total Pages | : 264 |
Release | : 2002-05 |
Genre | : Antiques & Collectibles |
ISBN | : 9784770028549 |
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New Generation of Japanese Swordsmiths is a Kodansha International publication.
Author | : Susan Wise Bauer |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 816 |
Release | : 2013-09-23 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0393059766 |
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A chronicle of the years between 1100 and 1453 describes the Crusades, the Inquisition, the emergence of the Ottomans, the rise of the Mongols, and the invention of new currencies, weapons, and schools of thought.
Author | : R. G. Grant |
Publisher | : Chartwell Books |
Total Pages | : 963 |
Release | : 2017-10-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0785835539 |
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This historical account of humanity's 5000 year history of recorded conflict looks at ancient wars, modern conflict, and everything in-between.