October 9, 2001

  • A True Warrior

    I have no parents:
    I make the heavens and earth my parents.
    I have no home:
    I make awareness my home.
    I have no life or 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 lighting my eyes.
    I have no ears:
    I make sensibility my ears.
    I have no limbs:
    I make promptness my limbs.
    I have no strategy:
    I make "unshadowed by thought" my strategy.
    I have no designs:
    I make "seizing opportunity by the forelock" my design.
    I have no miracles:
    I make right action my miracles.
    I have no principles:
    I make adaptability to all circumstances my principle.
    I have no tactics:
    I make emptiness and fullness my tactics.
    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 immovable mind my castle.
    I have no sword:
    I make absense of self my sword.


    -Anonymous Samurai, Fourteenth Century


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