人の「本当の強さ」の意味

―武道, 芸道の達人の境地を考える立場から―

抄録

The purpose of this study is to clarify what is the meaning of “the real strength” of a person. This paper is based on the literatures written about the stage of Masters of Budo, and Geido. This stage is called by the name of “Mushin”.
· How can we live, not as a creature but as a human being?
· What is “the real thing” for a person?
· What is “the essential strength” of a person?
When we answer these questions from the standpoint of thinking about Mushin, we can say that “the real strength” of a person is “the strength of the person who is trying to live honestly with oneself”. This “oneself” means one's movement of the mind that is the essence of a person. To have “the real strength” of a person means to live honestly with “oneself”.
When we think about the dimension in which there is “the real strength” of a person, it seems that the dimension has an axis that tells us “the depth of the spirit”. We can say that to have physical ability, physique, knowledge, skill, or so, is one of the “strength”. When we think about the dimension in which there are those “strength”, it seems that the dimension has no axis of “the depth of the spirit”. So, “the real strength” of a person is different in the dimension in which it exists to those “strength”.
There is the Japanese old legend of the sword that is called by the name of “Masamune”. “Masamune” cut only the thing that the sword should cut. The person who has “the real strength” of a person seems like “Masamune”.