「世々の道をそむく事なし」But ehh... What is it that we are not supposed to go against??
The famous Miyamoto Musashi (宮本武蔵) wrote the Dokkodo (独行道) and passed it on to his students shortly before his death in 1645 at the age of 61. In this last scripture, there were only 21 lines. The first one was 『世々の道をそむく事なし』. Being the first of the 21 "commandments" and last words of the best-known Japanese swordsman in history, it must be the most important message he wanted to pass on to future generations! I tried to find out what it really was saying. By simple translatio