The Unfettered Mind

Takuan Soho  ·  1600

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The Unfettered Mind cover
Cover of The Unfettered Mind on the Open Library.

Written by the seventeenth-century Zen master Takuan Soho (1573–1645), The Unfettered Mind is a book of advice on swordsmanship and the cultivation of right mind and intention. It was written as a guide for the samurai Yagyu Munenori, who was a great swordsman and rival to the legendary Miyamoto Musashi.