Miyamoto Musashi’s Dokkōdō
Japanese samurai Musashi Miyamoto retreated to a cave, Reigandō (Spirit Rock Cave) and spent his final months living to meditate and write. He wrote The Go Rin No Sho (Book of Five Rings) and the Dokkōdō (Japanese: 獨行道) (“The Path of Aloneness”, “The Way to Go Forth Alone”, or “The Way of Walking Alone”). The Dokkōdō consists of 21 precepts: Accept everything just the way it is. Do not seek pleasure for its own sake. […]