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Zen and the Way of the Sword: Arming the Samurai Psyche (Updated Edition) by Winston L. King Paperback, 288 Pages, Published 1994 ISBN-10: 0-19-509261-9 / 0195092619 ISBN-13: 978-0-19-509261-5 / 9780195092615 Zen--serene, contemplative, a discipline of meditation associated with painting, rock gardens, and flower arranging--seems an odd ingredient in the martial psyche of the Japanese samurai. "One who is a samurai must before all things keep constantly in mind...the fact that he has to die," wrote a se |