A Buddhist Poem via an Anonymous Samurai - Warrior's Creed.



The Samurai Warrior's Creed poem is a statement of what the Samurai believe in.The poem itself is attributed to an unknown Samurai in the 14th century.

I have no parents:
I make the heaven and earth my parents.


I have no home:
I make awareness my home.


I have no life and death:

I make the tides of breathing my life and death.


I have no divine powers:
I make honesty my divine power.


I have no means:
I make understanding my means.


I have no secrets:
I make character my secret.


I have no body:
I make endurance my body.


I have no eyes:
I make the flash of lightening 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 design:
I make "seizing opportunity by the forelock" my design.


I have no miracles:
I make right action my miracle.


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 talent:
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.





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