Bushido...

posted Thu, 05/15/08

" ...Literally, Bushido means "the Way of the warrior" ( bushi - "warrior', do - "path" or "way"). Budo means "the way of war". But the Japanese character bu, as Deshimaru points out, also means to cease the struggle, to sheath the sword. So the emphasis in Budo is not on bu but on do. Even do has a flavor, a deeper meaning, that is hard for the Westerner to grasp; for do, the way, is essentially goalless, and we of the West have long be seduced by goals, by getting ahead, by winning."

-The Zen Way to the Martial Arts

tags: budo bushido