Samurai Creed

Samurai Creed

I have no parents; I make heavens and earth my parent.
I have no home; I make my saika tanden my home.
I have no divine power; I make honesty my divine power.
I have no means; I make docility my means.
I have no magic power; I make personality my magic power.
I have neither life nor death; I make a um my life and death.
I have no body; I make my stoicism my body.
I have no eyes; I make the flash my eyes.
I have no ears; I make sensibility my ears.
I have no limbs; I make promptitude my limbs.
I have no laws; I make self-protection my laws.
I have no strategy; I make sakkatsu jizai my strategy.
I have no design; make kisan my design.
I have no miracles; I make righteous my miracles.
I have no principles; I make rinkiohen my principles.
I have no tactics; I make kyojitsu my tactics.
I have no talent; I make toi sokumyo my talent.
I have no friends; I make my mind my friend.
I have no enemy; I make incautiousness my enemy.
I have no armor; I make jin gi my armor.
I have no castle; I make fudoshin my castle.
I have no swords; I make mushin my swords.

BENEVOLENCE

BENEVOLENCE

The Foolish believe that their own interest will suffer if they put the benefit of other first.
They are Wrong, however.
Benevolence is all-encompassing, equally benefiting oneself and others


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