Philosophy:
                               
                              Bushido Code

These are the seven principles that govern the code of Bushido, moral guidance of the majority of the samurai. Be faithful to him and grow your honor. Break it, and your name will be reviled by future generations.

 

1. Honesty and Justice

Be honest in your dealings with everyone. Believe in justice, but not that given by others, but your own.

For a real samurai there are no shades of gray in regard to honesty and justice.

There is only right and wrong.

 

2. Heroic Valor

Rise above the masses of people who are afraid to act. Hiding like a turtle in its shell is not living.

A samurai must have heroic courage. It is absolutely risky. He's a menace. You live life in full, complete, wonderful. Heroic courage is not blind. She's smart and strong.

Replace fear with respect and caution.

 

3. Compassion

Through intense training the samurai becomes quick and strong. It is not like other men. Develop a power that must be used for the good of all.

Have compassion. Help your colleagues at every opportunity. If the opportunity does not come, you come out of their way to find it.

4. Courtesy

Samurai have no reason to be cruel. No need to demonstrate their strength. A samurai is courteous even to his enemies. Without this direct display of respect we are no better than animals.

A samurai get respect not only for their ferocity in battle, but also by the way they treat others. The true inner strength of the samurai becomes evident in times of trouble.

 

5. Honor

The Authentic samurai has only one judge of his own honor, and is himself. The decisions you make and how you carry out are a reflection of who you really are.

You can not hide from yourself.

 

6. Absolute Honesty

When a samurai says he'll do something, it's as if already done. Nothing on this earth will stop him in achieving what he has said he will do.

There has to "give his word." It should not "promise." The simple act of talking has set in motion the act of doing.

Talking and doing are the same action.

 

7. Duty and Loyalty

For the samurai, having done or said something, it means that "something" belongs. It is responsible for it and all the consequences that follow.

A samurai is intensely loyal to those under their care. For those of who is responsible, remains fiercely loyal.

The words of a man are like their fingerprints, you can follow wherever he goes.

 

 

Watch the way you go on.