The Way Of The Five Rings - by Silas Day

COURSE

The Way Of The Five Rings

With Silas Day

Delve into the depths of Musashi's philosophy, revealing practical wisdom that transcends the sphere of martial arts and resonates deeply with all aspects of contemporary life. Across this course, we will navigate the unique philosophical landscapes of Musashi's Five Books - Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, and Void. Each book serves as a metaphorical guide, providing distinct insights into self-awareness, adaptability, intuition, perception, and understanding the infinite potential of the Void.


Meet your Teacher

Silas Day is a writer, meditation teacher, and dharma student whose main goal in life is to make the world a better place one person at a time. He does this by doing lectures and courses covering various aspects of Buddhism, eastern philosophy, and general spiritual practice.

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6 Days

563 students

4.6 stars

7 min / day

Happiness

English


Lesson 1

Introducing Miyamoto Musashi

Within this Lesson Silas Day tells the story of the life, times, and work of one of the greatest samurai philosophers to ever live: Miyamoto Musashi. Through this lesson we gain context to who exactly wrote this profound text we will be exploring in the coming days.

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Lesson 2

The Way of Earth

This lesson delves into the fundamental philosophy behind Musashi's approach . It provides an overview of the way of the samurai, the basic concepts, and the principles that one must adopt to begin their journey.

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Lesson 3

The Way of Water

This lesson approaches flexibility and adaptability, discussing the importance of adopting a flowing and fluid approach in life. It describes in detail Musashi's specific techniques and strategies how to adapt in real-time.

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Lesson 4

The Way of Fire

This Lesson approaches The book of Fire and is an examination dive into the psychological aspects of life. It focuses on understanding intentions, disrupting factors through life, and seeing our weaknesses. It symbolizes the intensity and immediacy of the the present moment.

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Lesson 5

The Way of Wind

In this Lesson we approach Musashi's insights into perspective and the arts of all things. It encourages understanding life not as the enemies but as a teachers to gain wisdom and improve one's own being

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Lesson 6

The Way of Void

This final lesson investigates the realm of the spiritual, discussing the state of mind one should aim for during flow states and generally in life- a state of "no-mindedness" or emptiness. It emphasizes on embracing the concept of the void, free from thoughts, distractions, and fear to achieve a higher level of consciousness and intuition.

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4.6 (28)

Recent Reviews

Nathan

December 8, 2025

An interesting, if brief glimpse into the philosophy of the author. I’m buying it on payday! Thank you.

Greg

April 24, 2025

The content was excellent, however the last three episodes had annoying gaps in the audio

Hope

January 14, 2025

This is a great course Thank you Silas! There were a few tracks with some technical issues where the audio just stopped and I had to use the forward arrow to get it going again and would miss a few seconds of the talk when I did that. Just thought I'd let you know. Love and blessings to you!

Mark

January 9, 2025

Silas was excellent usual. The subect was fascinating. The course was distracting due to the constant gaps.

Mike

January 9, 2025

The audio was erratic - aside from that, an insightful session!

Barbara

December 4, 2024

Interesting subject matter. I’m afraid I missed some of the content due to gaps in the audio.

Greg

January 6, 2024

Enjoyed and learned from the course. There were some technical problems where the audio would freeze and that could only be solved by hitting the fast forward button.

Robin

August 4, 2023

This course was very interesting to me as I knew absolutely nothing about any of it. So for that, I am grateful. It certainly has opened my eyes to different views and insights of different spiritual paths. I did want to mention, however that there are glitches in the recordings and in almost every days session There were time lapses, and pauses that extended beyond just a few seconds. Not sure if it was on my end or not. I have not had this problem with other courses. So I just wanted to put that out there in case you weren’t aware. Good luck on your journey and thank you again for the course Namaste.🙏

Joy

July 15, 2023

🙏🙏

Markus

July 11, 2023

Great! Please fix audio gaps!

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