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  1. 06-22-2010, 10:24 AM #13
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    Zen and the Way of the Sword is a decent analysis of Samurai zen practice.

    http://www.amazon.com/Zen-Way-Sword-.../dp/0195092619

    As for the crusades; The Knights Templar were christian warrior monks protecting pilgrims on their way to the Holy Land.

    Even though it is fiction I recommend Foucault's Pendulum by Umberto Eco for a good overview of the Knights Templar and their associated myths.

    The life of a renunciant lends itself particularly well to the hardship of pugilism.
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