Commentaries on Shugyo
Tanouye Roshi would translate the word “shugyo” as “spiritual self-discipline” but in a non-Asian context that phrase doesn’t come close to describing the intensity of effort involved. This collection of commentaries is meant to provide descriptions of shugyo in the context of Japanese martial art training. The essays includes one by Tanouye Roshi about the role of shugyo in Zen training as well as a closing chapter discussing the meaning of shugyo as one ages.
Tanouye Roshi would translate the word “shugyo” as “spiritual self-discipline” but in a non-Asian context that phrase doesn’t come close to describing the intensity of effort involved. This collection of commentaries is meant to provide descriptions of shugyo in the context of Japanese martial art training. The essays includes one by Tanouye Roshi about the role of shugyo in Zen training as well as a closing chapter discussing the meaning of shugyo as one ages.
Tanouye Roshi would translate the word “shugyo” as “spiritual self-discipline” but in a non-Asian context that phrase doesn’t come close to describing the intensity of effort involved. This collection of commentaries is meant to provide descriptions of shugyo in the context of Japanese martial art training. The essays includes one by Tanouye Roshi about the role of shugyo in Zen training as well as a closing chapter discussing the meaning of shugyo as one ages.