> [!cite]- Metadata > 2025-05-03 19:26 > Status: #book > Tags: [[5 - Atlas/Tags/Wisdom]] [[Knowledge]] [[Parables]] [[Taoism]] [[Buddhism]] [[5 - Atlas/Tags/Philosophy]] [[Martial Arts]] [[Shaolin]] [[Samurai]] [[Chess]] [[5 - Atlas/Tags/Music]] `Read Time: 3m 48s` > RZA, born Robert Fitzgerald Diggs, is an American rapper, record producer, musician, actor, filmmaker, and author. He is best known as the leader and primary producer of the Wu-Tang Clan, and for his distinctive production style, which blends soul samples, sparse beats, and cinematic elements. > Amituofo Pillars of Wisdom - The Pagoda 1. The Call 2. Knowledge 3. Chambers Viii. Sifu Shi Yang Ming 1. Life is Beautiful 2. More Chi! Train harder 3. Be honest with yourself and be honest with others 4. Respect yourself, respect others 3 Chili Wop Hood Lesson: Your allies can arrive as enemies, blessings as a curse. 4 Da'Mo "How can you defame mud when such a beautiful flower grows from it?" 5 Wu-Tang Man who is deserving of God 17 An Island "It's a place to break off the antennas on top of buildings, to break away from those frequencies, to break away from everybody's hustle and negativity. A place to reconnect with your own strength." 20 The Art of Listening A man thinks seven times before he speaks. It's harder to make the glass than to break the glass. 23 The Lessons - From the Nation of Islam Supreme Mathematics. The Supreme Alphabet. The Twelve Jewels. Knowledge, Wisdom, Understanding, Freedom, Justice, Equality, Food, Clothing, Shelter, Love, Peace, Happiness. 31 The Divine Lessons The Nation of Gods and Earths. The Gods were the next generation of the Nation of Islam, whose teachings had shaped giants like Malcolm X and Muhammad Ali. Clarence 13X and the philosophical core of the 120. The basis of the Five Percent Nation 32 Meng-Tzu In the streets, spiritual lessons come in pamphlets. The Bread of Life. "Truth out of season bears no fruit." 34 Universal King One day, we had a fight and I lost, as usual, and after this fight, I told him, "Fuck you! I ain't righteous no more!" And I ate a pork chop on him - smothered in gravy, on a bed of rice. I figured it was the only way to hurt him. 38 Doing the Knowledge The circumference of the plant Earth is approximately 25,000 miles. The diameter of the Earth is 7,926 miles. The Earth has only 57,255,000 square miles on it. Only 29 million is useful. Each cab driver had to go through a period in which they mastered all the geography in the city. By mastering the streets in that city, they increased and changed the structure in their brains. 43 The Ghost of Marcus Garvey "Fear is a state of nervousness only fit for children. Men should not fear. The only thing a man should fear is God. To fear anything other than God is to offend God." Enlightened men do not fear. 44 Horror In this culture, some of the deepest wisdom comes from horror movies. 48 Chess I strive to be like the sun sitting in the middle of the solar system with all of the planets spinning around it - millions of things going on. I think man should look at himself that way. > In the end, the best strategy, the best tactic you can have in chess is the same one you should use in life: Never give up. Never let them count you out. That's how the greats play, right down to the last move. That's one more reason chess is like a swordfight. It's to the death. You should play it that way, like you should live your life, as a game with mortal stakes. A game you play right down to the last move. 58 The Thirty-Six Chambers , Shaolin and Wu-Tang , Eight-Diagram Pole Fighter From Thirty-Six Chamber you get the discipline and struggle. From Shaolin and Wu-Tang you get the warrior technique - plus the idea bad guys are sometimes the illest. Then, from Eight Diagram Pole Fighter, you get the brotherhood, the soul. 59 Shaolin Techniques Earth, Water, Metal, Wood, and Fire 60 The Tao He's using his body, his breath, and his mind to align himself with the Tao - which is pure energy, the energy that sprang from a primal stillness called wu-chi, which translates as "no extremes," came before tai chi. It's infinite, the source of all power, and it's all one. 64 The Heart Sutra One of the shortest but most important sutras in all of Buddhist writings. It's from the sutras known as the Perfection of Wisdom, and it's only a paragraph long, but you might look at it like the illest rap verse ever spit - simple, tight, and incomparably profound. 65 June-June The knockout Artist ### **References** [The Tao of Wu by The RZA | Goodreads](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6684540-the-tao-of-wu)