Comments on: The Bushido Code: The Eight Virtues of the Samurai http://artofmanliness.com/2008/09/14/the-bushido-code-the-eight-virtues-of-the-samurai/ Men's Interests and Lifestyle Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:41:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: scott http://artofmanliness.com/2008/09/14/the-bushido-code-the-eight-virtues-of-the-samurai/comment-page-1/#comment-113752 scott Wed, 18 Aug 2010 05:35:20 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=819#comment-113752 where can i find the eight symbles of the bushido code to print off to get a tattoo where can i find the eight symbles of the bushido code to print off to get a tattoo

]]> By: links for 2010-07-28 | The 'K' is not silent http://artofmanliness.com/2008/09/14/the-bushido-code-the-eight-virtues-of-the-samurai/comment-page-1/#comment-112749 links for 2010-07-28 | The 'K' is not silent Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:05:16 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=819#comment-112749 [...] The Bushido Code: The Eight Virtues of the Samurai (tags: article history japan culture artofmanliness) [...] [...] The Bushido Code: The Eight Virtues of the Samurai (tags: article history japan culture artofmanliness) [...]

]]> By: Savagelight http://artofmanliness.com/2008/09/14/the-bushido-code-the-eight-virtues-of-the-samurai/comment-page-1/#comment-102967 Savagelight Wed, 26 May 2010 18:29:39 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=819#comment-102967 Enrico with due respect I disagree. I think it is appropriate to apply reason to determine the value of each neighbor. If your neighbor hates you and is trying to destroy you and everything you stand for, it would be unreasonable to love that neighbor. It would also be unreasonable to hate that neighbor. The reasonable thing to do is to neutralize that neighbor in a manner least destructive to that neighbors loved ones. If somebody hates you it's not valid to simply wait for them to hurt you. You have a natural right to self defense which is based on the law of nature, the law of the jungle, which determines the ultimate fate of all living species on earth. To put it simply, if you don't want to die like Jesus died, you'll have to protect yourself from being destroyed by any means necessary. I hold this belief based around the fact that the laws of nature (not the laws of heaven) govern life on earth. Enrico with due respect I disagree. I think it is appropriate to apply reason to determine the value of each neighbor. If your neighbor hates you and is trying to destroy you and everything you stand for, it would be unreasonable to love that neighbor. It would also be unreasonable to hate that neighbor. The reasonable thing to do is to neutralize that neighbor in a manner least destructive to that neighbors loved ones.

If somebody hates you it’s not valid to simply wait for them to hurt you. You have a natural right to self defense which is based on the law of nature, the law of the jungle, which determines the ultimate fate of all living species on earth. To put it simply, if you don’t want to die like Jesus died, you’ll have to protect yourself from being destroyed by any means necessary. I hold this belief based around the fact that the laws of nature (not the laws of heaven) govern life on earth.

]]> By: Savagelight http://artofmanliness.com/2008/09/14/the-bushido-code-the-eight-virtues-of-the-samurai/comment-page-1/#comment-102965 Savagelight Wed, 26 May 2010 18:19:06 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=819#comment-102965 cory huff chivalry and honor are thrown under the bus because the majority of todays men are mere boys. Boys with big toys. You give a boy a gun and he'll do something stupid and immature with it because he does not have the spiritual development to understand how to use power. Today we still have a need for spiritual development. In fact I'd say the need is greater than it has ever been. The sword has been replaced by the bullet, which has been replaced by paper money. All of these technologies are weapons, and when any of these weapons are in the wrong hands bad things will happen. Anyway if anyone would like to read a western book to bring perspective, check out might is right by Ragnar Redbeard. http://www.scribd.com/doc/12070379/Might-is-Right-by-Ragnar-Redbeard In my opinion Might is Right reveals the value of reason to determining right and wrong from a warriors perspective. Bushido is concerned with the spiritual development of the warrior so that the warrior can have the self control and insight to apply reason appropriately. The end of any militant action should not be to merely obtain power. To have power for the sake of having it is thuggery and that is where Might is Right gets it wrong, but to have power is to have a sword. To know when to use the sword, who to use it on, how to use it, that is what Bushido teaches and a warrior has to serve something greater than themselves. This is why having a code is essential. The code I follow is remarkably similar to Bushido. cory huff chivalry and honor are thrown under the bus because the majority of todays men are mere boys. Boys with big toys. You give a boy a gun and he’ll do something stupid and immature with it because he does not have the spiritual development to understand how to use power.

Today we still have a need for spiritual development. In fact I’d say the need is greater than it has ever been. The sword has been replaced by the bullet, which has been replaced by paper money. All of these technologies are weapons, and when any of these weapons are in the wrong hands bad things will happen.

Anyway if anyone would like to read a western book to bring perspective, check out might is right by Ragnar Redbeard. http://www.scribd.com/doc/12070379/Might-is-Right-by-Ragnar-Redbeard

In my opinion Might is Right reveals the value of reason to determining right and wrong from a warriors perspective. Bushido is concerned with the spiritual development of the warrior so that the warrior can have the self control and insight to apply reason appropriately. The end of any militant action should not be to merely obtain power. To have power for the sake of having it is thuggery and that is where Might is Right gets it wrong, but to have power is to have a sword. To know when to use the sword, who to use it on, how to use it, that is what Bushido teaches and a warrior has to serve something greater than themselves. This is why having a code is essential.

The code I follow is remarkably similar to Bushido.

]]> By: Lessons in Manliness: Chiune Sugihara | The Art of Manliness http://artofmanliness.com/2008/09/14/the-bushido-code-the-eight-virtues-of-the-samurai/comment-page-1/#comment-100696 Lessons in Manliness: Chiune Sugihara | The Art of Manliness Mon, 03 May 2010 02:04:47 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/?p=819#comment-100696 [...] mother had come from a long line of samurai, and his upbringing was influenced by the Bushido code. He was taught to live with duty, honor, and dignity and to not only die bravely, but to live [...] [...] mother had come from a long line of samurai, and his upbringing was influenced by the Bushido code. He was taught to live with duty, honor, and dignity and to not only die bravely, but to live [...]

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