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The Samurai Creed

I have no parents; I make the heavens and the earth my parents.

I have no home; I make saika tanden (abdominal region) 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 (art of regulating one's breath) my life and death.

I have no body; I make stoicism 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 promptitude my limbs.

I have no laws; I make self-protection my laws.

I have no strategy; I make sakkatsu jizai (free to kill and free to restore life) my strategy.

I have no designs; I make kisan (taking opportunity by the forelock) my designs.

I have no miracles; I make righteous laws my miracles.

I have no principles; I make rinkiohen (adaptability to all circumstances) my principles.

I have no tactics; I make kyojitsu (emptiness and fullness) my tactics.

I have no talent; I make toi sokumyo (ready wit) 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 (benevolence and righteousness) my armor.

I have no castle; I make fudoshin (immovable mind) my castle.

I have no sword; I make mushin (absence of mind) my sword.