| This paper, while comparing the samurai as discussed in Zen and Japanese Culture by Daisetz T. Suzuki and in Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo; the sorcerer as discussed in Carlos Castaneda's The Teachings of Don Juan: A Yaqui Way of Knowledge, Journey to Ixtlan: The Lessons Of Don Juan, A Separate Reality: Further Conversations with Don Juan, The Second Ring of Power, and The Eagles Gift; and the sage as discussed in the Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu and in the Chuang Tzu translated by Burton Watson, it reveals whether the samurai and the sorcerer will join the sage as the ideal figure of Taoism. It compares the sage, the sorcerer and the samurai in the following categories: Duality as well as the subcategories of our model life and death and dreams, action and perception, change and how these figures live in the world. Pages: 22 Sources: 9 Format: MLA with internal documentation |
