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Post by Darthvegeta800 on May 11, 2004 6:33:25 GMT -5
Bushido or way of the Samurai is clearly mixed with Budhism. Which can clearly be seen if you read it. You'd expect to find sensational things but a large part of it is just filled with rules of how to eat, what to drink, exercises and philosophy of religious roots.
Than again... it is a modern work... the Bushido etc... was never written down. So all of them had their own version of the Bushido to a certain extend. Though the essentials were the same.. the words were not.
We western people can't really understand the way they thought... in fact to a certain extend we still don't understand the Japanese completely. But I rather find their way of life appealing. Though almost impossible to follow or see thigns that way afrer life in the West.
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Post by latyrx7 on May 12, 2004 0:23:19 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,000]Once when Lord Mitsushige was a little boy and was supposed to recite from a copybook for the priest Kaion, he called the other children and acolytes and said, "Please come here and listen. It's difficult to read if there are hardly any people listening." The priest was impressed and said to the acolytes, "That's the spirit in which to do everything."[/glow]
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Post by latyrx7 on May 20, 2004 11:08:05 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,000]Every morning one should first do reverence to his master and parents and then to his patron deities and guardian Buddhas. If he will only make his master first in importance, his parents will rejoice and the gods and Buddhas will give their assent. For a warrior there is nothing other than thinking of his master . If one creates this resolution within himself, he will always be mindful of the master's person and will not depart from him even for a moment. [/glow]
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Post by latyrx7 on May 24, 2004 22:53:37 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,000]Bad relations between retired and present rulers, father and son, and elder and younger brothers develop from selfish motives. The proof of this is that there are no such bad rela- tions between master and retainer.[/glow]
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Post by latyrx7 on Aug 10, 2004 9:13:16 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,000]A certain person was brought to shame because he did not take revenge. The way of revenge lies in simply forcing one's way into a place and being cut down. There is no shame in this. By thinking that you must complete the job you will run out of time. By considering things like how many men the enemy has, time piles up; in the end you will give up. No matter if the enemy has thousands of men, there is fulfillment in simply standing them off and being determined to cut them all down, starting from one end. You will finish the greater part of it. [/glow]
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Post by latyrx7 on Nov 22, 2004 0:15:48 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,000]Lord Naoshige said, "An ancestor's good or evil can be determined by the conduct of his descendants .'' A descendant should act in a way that will manifest the good in his ancestor and not the bad. This is filial piety.[/glow]
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Post by X-BOT on Nov 22, 2004 0:24:23 GMT -5
* firebox throws down the wax and the rag after hearing L7's last post *
[glow=red,2,300]Thats IT! Im threw with the wax on and the wax off stuff ! AND NO MORE HYKU's"[/glow]
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Post by latyrx7 on Nov 22, 2004 0:27:09 GMT -5
[glow=blue,2,000]When on the battlefield, if you try not to let others take the lead and have the sole intention of breaking into the enemy lines, then you will not fall behind others, your mind will become fierce, and you will manifest martial valor. This fact has been passed down by the elders. Furthermore, if you are slain in battle, you should be resolved to have your corpse facing the enemy.[/glow]
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