by Gnostic Muse | Nov 29, 2014 | Buddhism and Taoism
Bushido: The Way of One Who Serves The Samurai were a professional class of warrior in Japan for hundreds of years. They embodied and observed Bushido, ‘the way of one who serves’. Bushido, like the chivalry of knighthood, is the ethical code by which the...
by Gnostic Muse | Oct 16, 2014 | Buddhism and Taoism
Empty of desire, perceive mystery. Filled with desire, perceive manifestations. These have the same source, but different names. Call them both deep Deep and again deep: The gateway to all mystery.-Tao Te Ching, chapter 1 According to legend, Lao Tzu, the author of...
