Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes

Pa­pras­tai as­muo, ku­ris gar­sė­ja kaip dau­ge­lio sri­čių ži­no­vas, lai­ko­mas pras­čio­ku ir apie svar­bius dalykus išmano tik paviršutiniškai

Moreover, the child of parents who have a bad relationship will be unfilial. This is natural. Even the birds and beasts are affected by what they are used to seeing and hearing from the time they are born. Also, the relationship between father and child may deteriorate because of a mother’s foolishness. A mother loves her child above all things, and will be partial to the child that is corrected by his father. If she becomes the child’s ally, there will be discord between father and son. Because of the shallowness of her mind, a woman sees the child as her support in old age.

It is bad when one thing becomes two. One should not look for anything else in the Way of the Samurai. It is the same for anything that is called a Way. Therefore, it is inconsistent to hear something of the Way of Confucius or the Way of the Buddha, and say that this is the Way of the Samurai. If one understands things in this manner, he should be able to hear about all Ways and be more and more in accord with his own.

Purity is something that cannot be attained except by piling effort upon effort.

Be true to the thought of the moment and avoid distraction. Other than continuing to exert yourself, enter into nothing else, but go to the extent of living single thought by single thought.

Be to, ren­gos mo­ky­to­jo pa­mo­ky­muo­se kal­ba­ma, kad li­kus die­nai iki po­eti­nių var­žy­tu­vių, mo­ki­nys pri­va­lo nu­mal­dy­ti savo pro­tą ir uo­liai mo­ky­tis ei­lė­raš­čius iš rin­ki­nio. Tai va­di­na­ma susikau­pi­mu ties vie­nu dar­bu. Vi­siems ver­tė­tų dirb­ti su­si­kaupus.

Rehearse your death every morning and night. Only when you constantly live as though already a corpse (jōjū shinimi) will you be able to find freedom in the martial Way, and fulfill your duties without fault throughout your life.

It is a good viewpoint to see the world as a dream. When you have something like a nightmare, you will wake up and tell yourself that it was only a dream. It is said that the world we live in is not a bit different from this.

If you are unaware that the world is teeming with ineptitude from the beginning, you will develop a bitter countenance, and in turn others will eschew you.

Be to, nepamiršk, ką iš­gir­do šven­ti­kas Rio­dza­nas lan­ky­da­ma­sis Kamiga­tos sri­ty­je: jei­gu žmo­gus ra­šo laiš­ką, tai te­gul ra­šo taip, kad ne­bū­tų gė­da jį pa­ka­bin­ti ant sie­nos.

In the Kamigata area, they have a sort of tiered lunchbox they use for a single day when flower viewing. Upon returning, they throw them away, trampling them underfoot. The end is important in all things.

There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. There will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.

Once there was a certain man who was very clever, but it was his character to always see the negative points of his jobs. In such a way, one will be useless.

To say that dying without reaching one’s aim is to die a dog’s death is the frivolous way of sophisticates.

La negligencia es algo extremo.