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TGO Fitness | "Way of Walking Alone" by Musashi Miyamoto

1,459 views · Published 1 May 2017 · 3:53 · Indexed 22 October 2026

Channel: Tex Grebner Outdoors · 2017 · Science & Technology

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Musashi was never defeated in battle. When he grew old he wrote the Book of 5 Rings. He knew we would not live forever and so he wrote down what he knew. He translated his way of life for the students trapped in the womb of time:

1. Accept everything just the way it is.
2. Do not seek pleasure for its own sake.
3. Do not, under any circumstances, depend on a partial feeling.
4. Think lightly of yourself and deeply of the world.
5. Be detached from desire your whole life long.
6. Do not regret what you have done.
7. Never be jealous.
8. Never let yourself be saddened by a separation.
9. Resentment and complaint are appropriate neither for oneself or others.
10. Do not let yourself be guided by the feeling of lust or love.
11. In all things have no preferences.
12. Be indifferent to where you live.
13. Do not pursue the taste of good food.
14. Do not hold on to possessions you no longer need.
15. Do not act following customary beliefs.
16. Do not collect weapons or practice with weapons beyond what is useful.
17. Do not fear death.
18. Do not seek to possess either goods or fiefs for your old age.
19. Respect Buddha and the gods without counting on their help.
20. You may abandon your own body but you must preserve your honor.

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