Antti Joutsi<p>Came across an interesting treatise on the historical relationship between bushidō warrior code and Zen, or more precisely, the lack of, despite popular conception.</p><p>Its conclusions are that Zen never really influenced bushidō, but the entire idea of a stoic, Zen samurai who meditates and is immune to fear, was a deliberately constructed, nationalist idea of the Meiji era (1868-1912), essentially marketing new ideas as ancient truths.</p><p><a href="https://apjjf.org/2016/17/Benesch" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">apjjf.org/2016/17/Benesch</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/zen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zen</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bushido" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bushido</span></a></p>