#dokkodo

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Dokkodo - Miyamoto Musashi

1. Accept everything just the way it is.

2. Do not seek pleasure for its own sake.

3. Do not, under any circumstances, depend on a partial feeling.

4. Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.

5. Be detached from desire your whole life long.

6. Do not regret what you have done.

7. Never be jealous.

8. Never let yourself be saddened by a separation.

9. Resentment and complaint are appropriate neither for oneself nor others.

10. Do not let yourself be guided by the feeling of lust or love.

11. In all things have no preferences.

12. Be indifferent to where you live.

13. Do not pursue the taste of good food.

14. Do not hold on to possessions you no longer need.

15. Do not act following customary beliefs.

16. Do not collect weapons or practice with weapons beyond what is useful.

17. Do not fear death.

18. Do not seek to possess either goods or fiefs for your old age.

19. Respect Buddha and the gods without counting on their help.

20. You may abandon your own body but you must preserve your honor.

21. Never stray from the Way.

[redsamuraiii]

Dokuganryu Masamune (Ep 3)

A warrior’s path is a solitary one.

[pensive-prospero]

1. Do not turn your back on the various ways of this world. 2. Do not scheme for physical pleasure. 3. Do not intend to rely on anything. 4. Consider yourself lightly; consider the world deeply. 5. Do no ever think in acquisitive things. 6. Do not regret things about your own personal life. 7. Do not envy another's good or evil. 8. Do not lament parting on any road whatsoever. 9. Do not complain or feel bitterly about yourself or others. 10. Have no heart for approaching the path of love. 11. Do not have preferences. 12. Do not harbor hopes for your own personal home. 13. Do not have a liking for delicious food for yourself. 14. Do not carry antiques handed down from generation to generation. 15. Do not fast so that it affects you physically. 16. While it's different with military equipment, do not be fond of material things. 17. While on the Way, do not begrudge death. 18. Do not be intent on possessing valuables or a fief in old age. 19. Respect the gods and Buddhas, but do not depend on them. 20. Though you give up your life, do not give your honor. 21. Never depart from the Way of the Martial Arts.

Dokkōdō, Miyamoto Musashi

The Wiki entry for this reads differently https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dokk%C5%8Dd%C5%8D

Some of the things on the list are idiosyncratic, and belong to a different time, place and culture. Some of them seem to be slightly at odds with each other, or at least in my thinking of it.

The things on there that I like: 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 15, 19. What about you?

[debarbat]

The Dokkōdō 獨行道 (The Path of Aloneness) is a short work composed by Miyamoto Musashi a week before he died in 1645. Dokkōdō expresses a stringent, honest, and ascetic view of life.

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[redsamuraiii]

If you wish to be a warrior, prepare to be broken.  If you wish to be an explorer, prepare to get lost. If you wish to be a lover, prepare to be both.

[redsamuraiii]

“Eternity can be a curse. It hasn't been easy for your, living without time. The losses you have had to suffer. A man can run out of things to live for. Lose his purpose. Become a Ronin. A samurai without a master.”