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grababargain on 22/10/2017 - 21:34 amazon.com (968 clicks)
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By Miyamoto Musashi, 108 pages, published June 26, 2016

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Miyamoto Musashi's Go Rin no Sho or the book of five rings, is considered a classic treatise on military strategy, much like Sun Tzu's The Art of War and Chanakya's Arthashastra.

The five "books" refer to the idea that there are different elements of battle, just as there are different physical elements in life, as described by Buddhism, Shinto, and other Eastern religions. Through the book Musashi defends his thesis: a man who conquers himself is ready to take it on on the world, should need arise.

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  jv on 22/10/2017 - 21:44

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  Burn, burn, burn….

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    grababargain on 22/10/2017 - 21:54

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    Has a nice ring to it

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    The Almighty Dollar on 23/10/2017 - 09:33

    Yes ya gonna burn! Burn! Burn! Yes ya gonna burn! Gimme some Bombtrack by RATM any day.

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  Cave Fire on 22/10/2017 - 21:51

  Many thanks for bringing this to my attention.

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  alvian on 22/10/2017 - 23:28

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  the book of five rings is a classic treatise on military strategy

  Could also be a story of corruption and intrigue about the International Olympics Committee.

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  freewhere on 22/10/2017 - 23:34

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  Hearing, Bearing, Fearing, Keyring, Swearing

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    pegaxs on 23/10/2017 - 09:04

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    Keyring, Key Ring

    FTFY

    (My) 5 Rings of War.

    Firing, Enduring, Suffering, Conquering, Retiring…

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  eleon00 on 23/10/2017 - 11:58

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  I've read this many moons ago. difficult to comprehend at first, probably because i got the translated one. Was able to get the original text (in Japanese) and it made more sense. this is more like the samurai bushido than sun tzu art of war. but definitely a great read

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    ninetyNineCents on 23/10/2017 - 14:09

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    Highly doubted you got the original in japanese. Over hundreds of years japanese would have changed, so it wouldnt have been in original japanese.

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      eleon00 on 23/10/2017 - 17:25

      What I meant to say was, I got it in japanese, the language it was originally written. Things get lost in translation and I felt I understood it better in Japanese than in English.

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        ninetyNineCents on 23/10/2017 - 19:20

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        You missed the point, the language it was written in was most likely quite different from modern japanese. Languages always involve its just a question of how fast. Its a bit how we might have half a chance in understanding Shakespeare but go back 800 years and Beowulf is very difficult if impossible to understand accurately.

        It wasnt written in japanese it was written in a very ancient form that you wuldnt have a chance to understand even if you do read modern jap.

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        roughana on 24/10/2017 - 22:02

        evolve