"Feeling deeply the difference between oneself and others, bearing ill will and falling out with other people---these things come from a heart that lacks compassion. if one wraps up everything with a heart of compassion, there will be no coming into conflict with people." (Yamamoto 83)
This quote reminds me of the beliefs of Buddhism, and for hat matter, all religions. this seems to be the most basic principle of most religions. it also seems ironic to me that this is a book of samurai conduct in life, but samurai are viewed as a person who fights. so i would thing tha they would settle things by fighting, but Yamamoto believed that in order to avoid conflict, one must have compassion and understanding. i think his is a really good belief. but i wonder if samurai actually kept this in mind.
-did samurai really hold this in mind while dealing with enemies?
--does a samurai have to fight?!
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need to complete the final blog post 44/50
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