"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."
~ Yamamato Tsunetomo
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