Two Sides, Same Coin

 

Deshi:  Do you teach self-defense or spirituality?

Sensei:  Yes.

Deshi:  Let me rephrase that.  Do you emphasis self-defense or spirituality?

Sensei:  No.

Deshi:  Is it that you do not understand my question?

Sensei:  Yes and no.

Deshi:  How should I rephrase this kind of question?

Sensei:  Why should you want to?

Deshi:  Then you are saying they are the same thing?

Sensei:  If you want to hold that view.

Deshi:  Then you are saying that they are different from each other?

Sensei:  You can hold that too.

Deshi:  Shall I leave?

Sensei:  Leave or stay, but know this either way:  Victory is victory over one's lesser self.  One who has achieved that victory cannot be attacked by another who has not.

Deshi:  Everything to win, nothing to lose?

Sensei:  Victory is yours if you make it so.  Defeat is yours if you make it so.

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