XPost: alt.philosophy.zen, alt.society.liberalism, alt.society.kindness   
   XPost: talk.politics.theory   
   From: nojunk@nojunk.co.uk   
      
   >> Gak.  It may be visceral.  It may be unmediated by conceptual thinking.   
   >>   But "truth"?  Pure Bushido bullshit.   
   >   
   > So you think Bushido is a corruption of Zen?   
   >   
   > I've long wondered how Zen can be applied to something like murder.   
   >   
   > Did samurai let themselves off the hook by rationalizing that it wasn't   
   > personal?   
      
   Most people's view of Bushido is only half the picture. There is another   
   side. Like much of modern life, it's the hard and simple edge that gets all   
   the attention, but the more subtle and creative side is there.   
      
   These are unified in the symbolic katana.   
      
   --   
   Charles E. Hardwidge   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)