Accurate Translation of the Tao Te Ching. Miyamoto Musashi - "Go Rin No Sho" - A Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi. By Miyamoto Musashi I have been many years training in the Way of strategy, called Ni Ten Ichi Ryu, and now I think I will explain it in writing for the first time. It is now during the first ten days of the tenth month in the twentieth year of Kanei (1645). I have climbed mountain Iwato of Higo in Kyushu to pay homage to heaven, pray to Kwannon, [God(dess) of mercy in Buddhism. - Slaegr] and kneel before Buddha. I am a warrior of Harima province, Shinmen Musashi No Kami Fujiwara No Genshin, age sixty years. From youth my heart has been inclined toward the Way of strategy.
My first duel was when I was thirteen, I struck down a strategist of the Shinto school, one Arima Kihei. After that I went from province to province dueling with strategist of various schools, and not once failed to win even though I had as many as sixty encounters. When I reached thirty I looked back on my past. Since then I have lived without following any particular Way. Strategy is the craft of the warrior. About The Tao Te Ching. Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu - Taoism. TrueTao.org. Accurate Translation of the Tao Te Ching. J. Krishnamurti : Why dont You Change? Meditation | Learn How to Meditate For Beginners | Meditation for Beginners | How to Meditate. TrueTao.org.