The Samurai Creed

I have no parents;
I make the Heavens and the Earth my parents.
I have no home;
I make awareness my home.
I have no life or death;
I make the tides of breathing my Life and Death.
I have no divine power;
I make honesty my Divine Power.
I have no means;
I make understanding my means.
I have no magic power;
I make character my Magic Power.
I have no body;
I make endurance my Body.
I have no eyes;
I make The Flash of Lightning my eyes.
I have no ears;
I make Sensibility my Ears.
I have no limbs;
I make Promptness my Limbs.
I have no laws;
I make Self-Protection my Laws.
I have no strategy;
I make 'unshadowed by thought' my Strategy.
I have no designs;
I make Seizing the Opportunity by the Forelock my Designs.
I have no miracles;
I make Right Action my Miracles.
I have no principles;
I make Adaptability to all circumstances my Principle.
I have no tactics;
I make Emptiness and Fullness my Tactics.
I have no talent;
I make Ready Wit my Talent.
I have no friends;
I make my Mind my Friend.
I have no enemy;
I make carelessness my Enemy.
I have no armour;
I make Benevolence and righteousness my Armour.
I have no castle;
I make Immovable Mind my Castle.
I have no sword;
I make absence of self my Sword.