In Zen archery art becomes artless, shooting becomes not-shooting and the archer becomes the target.
Bow, arrow, goal, and ego all melt into one another.
The need to separate has gone.
Zen fencing is a spiritual discipline.
It is another way of pursuing no-mindness.
The sword and swordsman become one.
Thoughts and feelings drop away as the swordsman returns to his original mind.
Zen in the Art of Archery is a short book written by Eugen Herrigel which brought Zen to Europe after World War II.
The book was first published in 1948, in Germany.
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