The Book of Five Rings - Go Rin No Sho (Miyamoto Musashi) | My Narration

This is my narration of Gorin No Sho - Buy the book on Amazon: geni.us/CompleteMusashi
The Complete Musashi is my favourite translation and contains a lot of extra background detail.
This is my original recording reuploaded. The Book of Five Rings (五輪書, Go Rin no Sho) is a text on kenjutsu and the martial arts in general, written by the Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi around 1645.
One may question the relevance of a book about swordsmanship in modern life, but at its core this book is about mastery, its principles are timeless. Many parts are echoed in other non-combat focussed works from around the world, and as we’ll many see were far ahead of their time.
I have made an in depth summary of the book here: • The 24 Principles ⛩ Bo...
That said, Musashi himself mentions his words are only principles, and only through training will you come to understand them. In listening I suggest placing your focus on its core messages of mastery over yourself, directness of intention and of seizing the initiative and not being passive.
Start 0:00
Introduction 0:17
Ground Book 2:51
Water Book 27:49
Fire Book 57:15
Wind Book 1:28:10
Void Book 1:49:17

[@robinhomer]

Book on Amazon: geni.us/CompleteMusashi (Complete Musashi is my favourite translation and contains a lot of extra background detail.) My in depth summary of its meaning: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXqQhHd8qtqoiM0 Ground Book 2:51 Water Book 27:49 Fire Book 57:15 Wind Book 1:28:10 Void Book 1:49:17

[@YawnOfHeartness]

Thank you for bringing this back.

[@frankpower1774]

Excellent audiobook, the reader has superb ability in conveying the lessons of this book with a professionally neutral and reasonably paced pattern of speech, considering that each lesson is worth pondering upon for a while

[@anaparlara]

Mr. Homer, I loved listening to your readings on Vox Stoica and am so glad that I found your other channel and that you are still uploading. You have no idea how much listening to your videos means to me. Thank you.

[@satnamo]

Gratitude is the father of all virtues: wisdom, courage, justice and compassion ❤

[@GuitarGuy057]

Starts with the preface. 2:52 The Ground Book 27:50 The Water Book 57:17 The Fire Book 1:28:10 The Wind Book 1:49:17 The Book of the Void

[@wilddesigns857]

This is a very interesting book and even applies in this day an age.

[@jeanvaljean4218]

Thank you for this, Robin!

[@pierre_theloveofwisdom]

Man your a life saver my friend I am grateful

[@husamettin_amayandancakar1553]

a great upload, thank you

[@lmurashchik]

Well done, Sir. Thank you for your work.

[@edwardglenn9310]

I like that you have a snake because Asp is another name for the Egyptian cobra.

[@dunsinane88]

Thank you!

[@epistemologicalnihilist5746]

Loved your vid, thanks for it & omg lol the x5000 timing portion around 24:52 felt like a badly written rick and morty episode, made me laugh

[@sotirios2000]

You must study this well.

[@martinmarkovski2587]

Research this well

[@dunsinane88]

By researching well, you will find the subject is deeper than expected.

[@InsurgentLp]

​@@dunsinane88and how does it look like?

[@dunsinane88]

It looks like a deeply dug hole in the ground with some gathering liquid at the bottom.

[@InsurgentLp]

@@dunsinane88 thank you my friend 🙏🏾

[@horuslupercal9936]

Musashi was my 2nd favorite book next to Taiko.

[@alphaomega8373]

Warring State (Sengoku) and Three Kingdoms.

[@skyz3ra]

I have no clue about this book it oh god it feels good to hear a human voice and not these disgusting AI generated audio thx

[@moonshineonme75013]

29:00

[@ProjectRedfoot]

Five Ring of Book! (I don't speak Japanese, can you tell???)

[@miamiormiamoor]

oh wow are you the one reading?

[@robinhomer]

Yea my narration. Recorded it back in 2019 and just working on a detailed summary of it now so thought I'd reupload the original

[@satnamo]

Pleasant speech is the highest blessing 🎉

[@GuitarGuy057]

​Please never take it down again. It is a nightly listen for me. Only one that doesn't butcher the Japanese.

[@pierre_theloveofwisdom]

This is amazing

[@daggered3665]

Hey Robin, this narration is fantastic and helps my relax and fall asleep for my shift work, is there some where the file can be found for download/purchase off of KZbin?