Samurai Wisdom Stories
Tales from the Golden Age of Bushido
By Pascal Fauliot
Translated by Sherab Chodzin Kohn
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Shambhala Publications03/06/2017Pages: 160ISBN: 9781611804133DetailsThis book is also included in our Reader's Guide on The Samurai and Zen where you will find other important Zen classics.
This collection of twenty-eight traditional samurai stories illustrates all the facets of wisdom and knowledge that a true samurai must embody: martial, spiritual, psychological, ethical, philosophical, artistic, strategic, and political. Retold by martial artist and scholar Pascal Fauliot, these tales are set in the golden age of bushido and represent the pinnacle of traditional Japanese culture in which aristocratic tastes, feudal virtues, and martial skills come together with the implacable insights of Zen. They feature military leaders and strategists such as Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu; sword masters such as Yamaoka Tesshu; ronin; the warrior monk Benkei; and the ninja-samurai Kakei Juzo; among many others. Pithy and engaging, the collection includes tales of battle, strategy, loyalty conflicts, court intrigues, breakthroughs in a warrior’s development, and vengeance achieved or foregone. Each tale reveals a gesture or an outcome that represents greater insight or higher virtue—a hallmark of the samurai era.RelatedCheck items to add to the cart orAuthor BioPascal Fauliot is a martial arts teacher and storyteller who specializes in retelling traditional Japanese martial arts and Zen wisdom tales and legends. He has written eighteen books, published by Albin Michel and Seuil in France.SHERAB CHÖDZIN KOHN taught Buddhism and meditation for more than thirty years, and he edited a number of the books of his teacher, the Tibetan meditation master Chögyam Trungpa. Coeditor of the bestselling anthology The Buddha and His Teachings, he also published numerous translations, including an acclaimed version of Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha.Selected Reader Reviews