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Written a while back and taken from my 2023 book A Handful of Ghosts & A Woman in Blue .. Dokkodo is Japanese The Path of Aloneness, or The Way of Walking Alone is a short work on philosophy, written by Miyamoto Musashi a week before he died in 1645. It consists of 21 precepts

Dokkodo

 

the path of aloneness

is well trod,

and so, accept it as is ..

remember

pleasure is not everything

remember too,

that partial feelings

are nothing more than

an almighty

encumbrance ..

think deep upon our

world by all means

but not so deep upon

the self ..

desire is not everything ..

remember

regret nothing ..

leave jealousy outside

somewhere insignificant ..

separation

is inevitable so do not

be saddened by it ..

resentments

and complaints

serve no useful purpose

either for the self

or for any others ..

never be

guided or driven

by lust ..

never state a preference

be indifferent

to locations and always

eat what is offered ..

do not linger

over outgrown,

or obsolete possessions ..

never fear death

and decline

to possess goods

solely for your own

comfort in old age ..

respect both Buddha

and the gods

without relying on their

interventions ..

by all means abandon

your body

but maintain honour

and never stray from the way ..

 

 

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