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A quote from Yagyu Munenori, founder of ShinkageryuWhen you practice archery, if your mind is occupied with shooting the arrow, the shot will be disturbed, and will not be settled (smooth). If you are wielding the long sword, and your mind is fixed on wielding the sword, the sword will not move smoothly. [...]
The archer should forget about shooting the arrow, and shoot as he would doing nothing special. Then the shot will be smooth. When wielding the long sword, or riding a horse, do it as though you would not wield a sword or ride a horse [...] Stop doing everything, have an empty, everydays mind, even when you have lots of things to do, do it easily, smoothly. The man who has nothing on his heart is the man of the Way.
弓射るときに、弓射るとおもふ心あらば、
弓さきみだれて定まるべからず。
太刀つかふとき、太刀つかふ心あらば、
太刀さき定まるべからず。･･･
弓射る人は、弓射る心をわすれて、
何事もせざるときの常の心にて
弓を射ば、弓定まるべし。
太刀つかふも、馬にのるも、
太刀つかはず、馬のらず･･･
一切やめて、何もなす事なき常の心にて、
よろづをするとき、よろづの事、
難なくするするとゆく也。･･･
胸に何事もなき人が道者也。
yumi iru toki ni, yumi iruto omou kokoro araba
yumisaki midarete sadamaru bekarazu.
tachi tsukau toki, tachi tsukau kokoro araba,
tachisaki sadamaru bekarazu. [...]
yumi iru hito wa, yumi iro kokoro o wasurete,
nanigoto mo sezaru toki no tsune no kokoro nite
yumi wo iba, yumi sadamaru beshi.
tachi tsukau mo, uma ni noru mo,
tachi tsukawazu, uma norazu...
issai yamete, nanimo nasu koto naki tsune no kokoro nite,
yorozu wo suru toki, yorozu no koto,
nannaku surusuruto yuku nari.
mune ni nanigoto mo naki hito ga dousha nari.
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