An excerpt from our upcoming book Wisdom in Buddhism A story is told of a time in ancient Japan, of a powerful daimyo who was looking to replace his ageing and soon to retire, master-at-arms. Among the scores of warriors and staff which the daimyo employed within his household and upon his lands, he most trusted his heiosha, or bodyguard. When the daimyo was out on his tours of his precinct, he would always take his heiosha, whose role it was to guard the daimyo against any