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The Way of Death
The Way of the Samurai is found in death.
Meditation on inevitable death should be
performed daily.Every day when one's body
and mind are at peace,one should meditate
upon being ripped apart by arrows,rifles,
spears and swords,being carried away by
surging waves,being struck by lightnig,
being thrown into the midst of a great fire,
being shken to death by a great earthquake,
falling from thousand foot cliffs,dying of desease
or committing seppuku[ritual suicide]at the death
of one's master.And everyday without fail one should
consider himself[or her]as alone in the universe and allready dead.
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