July 6, 2012
"A warrior cannot complain or regret anything. His life is an endless challenge, and challenges cannot possibly be good or bad. Challenges are simply challenges...the basic difference between an ordinary man and a warrior is that a warrior takes everything as a challenge, while an ordinary man takes everything either as a blessing or as a curse." -Don Juan
על משמעות המילה "מוקוסו״ והדוג׳ו שלנו – סנסיי ריוגן סבוקה וג׳יימס יאגאשי לאחרונה, תלמיד שאל אותי שאלה נהדרת: מה ההתייחסות הנכונה כשיושבים בסייזה )ישיבה יפנית מסורתית( לפני שנשמע הפעמון להתחלת השיעור?
On the meaning of 黙想 (mokuso) and our Dōjō Recently, a student asked me a wonderful question: what is the right attitude when sitting in seiza before the bell is rung before the start of class? Mokuso
One of the elders used to say: In the beginning when we got together we used to talk about something that was good for our souls, and we went up and up, and ascended even to heaven. But now we get to