If you ask me what the book is all about, I would be at a loss for words. There isn't a story in the accepted sense of the word. But the book is about a great archer named Tetsuya and what he tells about the bow, the string, the arrows, the target and the archer. But beyond that, I believe it is a story about humans, their lives, their struggles, ambitions, goals, minds, frustrations and triaumphs. It is not a manual of how to live happily forever. But it has great insights which probably all of us know in our heart of hearts but which have been obscured by the tensions, struggles and chaos of everyday life. Here's what I have managed to collect from this book:
What is a master? I would say that he is not someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to do his best to discover a knowledge he already has in his soul.
Join with those who are as flexible as the wood of your bow and who understand the signs along the way. They are people who do not hesitate to change direction when they encounter some insuperable barrier, or when they see a better opportunity. They have the qualities of water: flowing around rocks, adapting to the course of the river, sometimes forming into a lake until the hollow fills to overflowing, and they can continue on their way, because water never forgets that the sea is its destiny and that sooner or later it must be reached.
If you never take a risk, you will never know what changes you need to make.
A leaf does not cease to be a leaf merely because a storm tore it from the tree.
Use your bad moments to discover what makes you tremble. Use your good moments to find your road to inner peace.
I need to remain focused and calm, to do the work I chose to do with love, and never to cling to the present moment, because death is still very close, the abyss is there beside me, and I am walking along the edge.
What is a master? I would say that he is not someone who teaches something, but someone who inspires the student to do his best to discover a knowledge he already has in his soul.
Join with those who are as flexible as the wood of your bow and who understand the signs along the way. They are people who do not hesitate to change direction when they encounter some insuperable barrier, or when they see a better opportunity. They have the qualities of water: flowing around rocks, adapting to the course of the river, sometimes forming into a lake until the hollow fills to overflowing, and they can continue on their way, because water never forgets that the sea is its destiny and that sooner or later it must be reached.
If you never take a risk, you will never know what changes you need to make.
A leaf does not cease to be a leaf merely because a storm tore it from the tree.
Use your bad moments to discover what makes you tremble. Use your good moments to find your road to inner peace.
I need to remain focused and calm, to do the work I chose to do with love, and never to cling to the present moment, because death is still very close, the abyss is there beside me, and I am walking along the edge.
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