The Unfettered Mind: Writings of the Zen Master to the Sword Master
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Pages - light foxing on prelims and book block; clean and bright copy. DJ - good; with no visible tears. 103pp.
"The Unfettered Mind" is a classic of Zen philosophy and martial arts literature in which seventeenth-century Japanese Zen master Takuan Soho instructs the renowned sword master Yagyu Munenori on how the mind, when allowed to fix or linger on any single point, becomes its own greatest obstacle, arguing that true mastery in swordsmanship and in life demands a state of fluid, unattached awareness that moves freely without hesitation or constraint.
Author: Takuan Sōhō, translated by William Scott Wilson
Format: Hardback
Published: 1986, Kodansha International
Genre: Sport & fitness
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Boards - good. Binding - tight. Pages - light foxing on prelims and book block; clean and bright copy. DJ - good; with no visible tears. 103pp.
"The Unfettered Mind" is a classic of Zen philosophy and martial arts literature in which seventeenth-century Japanese Zen master Takuan Soho instructs the renowned sword master Yagyu Munenori on how the mind, when allowed to fix or linger on any single point, becomes its own greatest obstacle, arguing that true mastery in swordsmanship and in life demands a state of fluid, unattached awareness that moves freely without hesitation or constraint.