Kiai-jutsu Sakkatsu Jizai, by Kumashiro Hikotarō, about Bushido, the Code of the Samurai

Sep 12

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"I have no Parents; I make the Heaven and Earth my Mother and Father.

I have no Home; I make Awareness my Dwelling Place.

I have no Life and Death; I make the Tides of Breathing my Life and Death.

I have no Divine Power; I make Honesty my Divine Power.

I have no Means; I make Understanding my Means.

I have no Magic Secrets; I make Character my Magic Secret.

I have no Body; I make Endurance my Body.

I have no Eyes; I make the Flash of Lightning my Eyes.

I have no Ears; I make Sensibility my Ears.

I have no Limbs; I make Promptness my Arms and Legs.

I have no Strategy; I make Unshadowed Thought my Strategy.

I have no Designs; I make Opportunity my Design.

I have no Miracles; I make Right Action my Miracle.

I have no Principles; I make Adaptability my Principle.

I have no Tactics; I make Emptiness and Fullness my Tactic.

I have no Talents; I make Ready Wit my Talent.

I have no Friends; I make my Mind my Friend.

I have no Enemy; I make Carelessness my Enemy.

I have no Armor; I make Benevolence and Righteousness my Armor.

I have no Castle; I make an Immovable Mind my Castle.

I have no Sword; I make Absence of Self my Sword."