Abstract
People in general think easily that they build up their character through physical education and Budo. The thinking like that is based on “mind-body monism” “Body-mind identity” of the oriental idea. The purposes of this study are to clarify the original concepts “mind-body monism” “body-mind identity”, and to consider a view of mind-body on Budo by Michael Polanyi's Theory of Levels.
Our study can be summarized as follows;
1. Mind-body monism is a problem of the theory of becoming that “ki” produces everything. But mind and body are not the same thing from the functional point of view.
2. “Body-mind identity” does not mean that body and mind are equal theoretically. It rather means psychologicale xperience( i. e., ecstacy)i n meditation.
3. Polanyi grasps cosmos as Hierarchical Levels. The principles of a higher level depend on a lower level. He recognized that a higher level can control a lower level. But a lower level can not control a higher level.
4. According to his theory, mind (as the principle of a higher level) and body (as the principle of a lower level) are synthesizedb y a Budo activity. And the mind organizedt he followingt wo principles. One is the level of the individual (a lower principle), the other is the level of the parsonal relation (a higher principle). It is hoped that we accomplish a higher level.
