Although it is unfitting for someone like me to say this, in dying it is my hope not to become a Buddha. Rather, my will is permeated with the resolu… - Yamamoto Tsunetomo

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Although it is unfitting for someone like me to say this, in dying it is my hope not to become a Buddha. Rather, my will is permeated with the resolution to help manage the affairs of the province, though I be reborn as a Nabeshima samurai seven times. One needs neither vitality nor talent. In a word, it is a matter of having the will to shoulder the clan by oneself.

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About Yamamoto Tsunetomo

Yamamoto Tsunetomo (12 June 1659 – 1719) was a samurai of the Saga Domain in Hizen Province under his lord Nabeshima Mitsushige. He was famous for his sayings in Hagakure [In the Shadow of Leaves], a controversial exposition of his views on Bushido (the "Way of the Warrior"). He is also known as Yamamoto Jocho, the name he took after becoming a monk.

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Alternative Names: Yamamoto Jōchō
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Los asuntos menores deben ser estudiados con seriedad. Hay pocos problemas realmente importantes, solamente se presentan más de dos o tres en toda una existencia. Una reflexión cotidiana os convencerá. Es por ello que es indispensable prever lo que conviene hacer en caso de crisis. Cuando ésta se manifieste, habrá que acordarse de la solución, para resolverla en consecuencia. Sin una preparación cotidiana, cuando sobrevenga una crisis delicada, se será incapaz de tomar una decisión rápida, lo que conlleva el riesgo de consecuencias desastrosas.

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