Post: #1

http://www.hyoho.com/Hagakure1.html


Written by an acolyte of a retainer who was forbidden to commit suicide when his master died.

Thought I'd post it as a resource here. The source of knowledge was brainwashed into bushido and very beta. It gives some perspective on the surrender ethic and the kamikazes.

Must read for all Mishima fans. Mishima loved Hagakure.

Post: #2

Hagakure's book in an handy pdf format: http://judoinfo.com/pdf/hagakure.pdf

Post: #3

Forest Whittaker made it so much more badass.

"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 thrown into the midst of a great fire, being struck by lightning, being shaken to death by a great earthquake, falling from thousand-foot cliffs, dying of disease or committing seppuku at the death of one's master. And every day without fail one should consider himself as dead. This is the substance of the way of the samurai."