…to see the Japanese film called samurai. It comes in three installments, three shows, and it's the life story of Miyamoto Musashi, this tremendous samurai hero who becomes the unquestioned master of swordsmanship under the tutelage of a Zen master. The Zen…

…the same way as herigel describes it in the Zen in the art of archery. The thing is that the whole story reveals is that Musashi comes to the point where he realizes the total vanity of killing. He wants to be a farmer, he wants to have a wife and…

…a duel by the most gorgeous young samurai in Japan, a physically beautiful man whose whole ambition in life is to fight with Musashi and Musashi just doesn't want to do it. But he feels somehow and what the motivations of this are are extremely complex…

…by the most gorgeous young samurai in Japan, a physically beautiful man whose whole ambition in life is to fight with Musashi and Musashi just doesn't want to do it. But he feels somehow and what the motivations of this are are extremely complex he must…

…all the daimyos, retinue associates and court are involved in this. So they set the place of duel on a particular island and Musashi sends a messenger that he will arrive to meet the appointment for the duel in his own time on a boat. He comes…

…defeated somehow you know he has found his ambition. And then all those daimyos and noblemen gather around and come and say to Musashi: this was the most magnificent fencing we ever saw. And Musashi weeps. He says: I will never again meet so great an…

…all those daimyos and noblemen gather around and come and say to Musashi: this was the most magnificent fencing we ever saw. And Musashi weeps. He says: I will never again meet so great an opponent. And he goes away immediately. There are no honors, no…

…There are no honors, no nothing. He walks back to the boat and the boatman says: oh I am so happy you won. And Musashi can only weep. What a futility the whole thing was. So what the Zen masters taught the samurai in the art of swordsmanship was…

…kendo, of fencing to its final limits. They learned the power of never defending yourself. There's a beautiful scene in the movie when Miyamoto Musashi is in a little cheap inn and he's eating his dinner and it happens that the rice has some lice in it…

…crime racket in the area and this brigand comes on with a very strong line at him you know and you see Miyamoto Musashi picking the lice out of the rice with his chopsticks and throwing them away absolutely unconcerned. And this brigand looks at him.…

…don't let that happen. And you realize finally that just as in the movie I was describing to you when the antagonist the Miyamoto Musashi, has actually been killed, he's been given a death blow he's alive for a moment, he looks into the eyes of his…

…rent a three night film, three two hour strips called samurai, done by Mifune in color it is the life story of Miyamoto Musashi. You should show it here. It is an absolutely thrilling story, done with the greatest artistry, leading up to a final battle…

…You should show it here. It is an absolutely thrilling story, done with the greatest artistry, leading up to a final battle in which Musashi is very reluctant to engage but he has to do so as a pundona or point of honor, where he comes at his opponent…

…So then, the highest school of swordsmanship is called the no. Sword school. A very kind of elementary illustration of it was that Musashi was once taking a ferry boat across lake biwa near Kyoto, and at the last minute a very drunk samurai stepped on…

…on the boat. He was one of these machismo types, a very aggressive, rough, I'll fight any man on the boat. And he turns to Musashi and says: you're a samurai aren't you? You got a sword there. Ha come at it. And Musashi said: now wait, there are lots…

…on the boat. And he turns to Musashi and says: you're a samurai aren't you? You got a sword there. Ha come at it. And Musashi said: now wait, there are lots of other people on this boat and if we fight we may hurt innocent bystanders. Ferryman you go…

…literature of what I would call applied Zen is just full of tales like that. Perhaps some of you have seen the film of Miyamoto Musashi. It was just called samurai and he was a great master of this kind of thing because as he got older he had been…

…across the lake big lake near Kyoto called biwa and on the ferry boat there was a very drunk and rambunctious samurai who challenged Musashi and said: ha, I see you're a swordsman what school do you belong to? And he said I belong to the no sword…

…ah no sword school ha ha. And drew his sword and said let's see what you can do with your no sword school. And Musashi said: now look, there are many. People on this boat and if we start fighting innocent bystanders might get hurt so why don't we…

…as they came along shore, this drunk samurai was so eager for the fight that he leapt off the boat first onto the island. Musashi grabbed the boatman's oar and pushed the boat out into the water. He said: there you see my no sword school. So uh,…

…have seen a movie called samurai which comes in three parts, takes you three evenings to see it and it's the life of Miyamoto Musashi, who was one of the greatest swordsmen in all Japanese History. He doesn't follow his life all the way through. It only…

…It only comes to the point where he had a duel with another champion who insisted on challenging him out of vanity, and how Musashi takes him on fighting him at first only with an oar that has had the blade chopped off. But he maneuvers him into a…

…he was on board another samurai, who was a very vulgar fellow who had had too much sake to drink, came aboard and saw Musashi. He said: what school of swordsmanship do you belong to? Musashi said no sword school. By this time the boat had started: ha,…

…fellow who had had too much sake to drink, came aboard and saw Musashi. He said: what school of swordsmanship do you belong to? Musashi said no sword school. By this time the boat had started: ha, no sword school. I'd like to see your no sword school.…

…this time the boat had started: ha, no sword school. I'd like to see your no sword school. And this drunk drew his sword and Musashi said: now wait a minute. He said this is a crowded boat and if we start a duel people will get hurt and they're just…