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it could keep you from ever becoming one.

This is how dangerous it is and the things

that I've studied in association with it. As a

matter of fact, one writer said that “karate

was handed down centuries ago from Zen

Master to Buddhist Monk by word of mouth

always in strict secrecy. Even today

everything done in karate can be traced

back to the same principles — Zen

Buddhism. Karate is clearly a mental and

moral exercise, indeed a spiritual

experience. In each practice session, there

is a concerted effort to unite mind, spirit,

and body as salt by Zen priests.” And

another writer says that “Karate is Zen,

which is a school of Buddhism that has been

called ‘The Religion of Immediate Reality.’”

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