Mercy, in the western context, stems from the idea of one’s past being done away with and one is allowed to begin anew and it has a religious basis. Mercy, in an eastern context, is putting one’s self under the debt and morality of another, again to gain a second chance. In either context, mercy...

Komuso Nin Do is composed of methods and esoterica aimed at allowing the individual to endure through stealth and thus prevail. Nin is usually read as stealth but can also be read as “patience in the face of adversity” being composed of the Kanji for blade over heart. As a conjoined term or Nindo means...

Every Komuso learns the verse of the mantra which states: “Stealth our discipline; illusion our way of life” and one of the main symbols of the Silent Way is a mask i.e. no face at all. Let it be known that you use the Silent Way and most will think you are lying, a fool...