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「 観の目、見の目 」

“ Spiritual Perception and Observing Sight “


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一 兵法の眼付と云事。
目の付様ハ、大に廣く付る目なり。
觀見二ツの事、
觀の目強く、見の目弱く、
遠き所をちかく見、近き所を遠く見る事、
兵法の専也。

(宮本武蔵、五輪書 水の巻 2)


THE GAZE IN STRATEGY

The gaze should be large and broad.
This is the twofold gaze “ Spiritual perception and Observing sight “.
Spiritual perception should be strong and observing sight week.
In strategy it is important to see distant things
as if they were close and to take close views as distant …

( Miyamoto Musashi, “ The Water Book, A Book of Five Rings. "
translated by Yasushi Nakajima)




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