The following is what has become known as The Nine Precepts, written by Miyamoto Musashi in his Gorin no Sho, or Book of Five Rings.
The Nine Precepts
For those who truly wish to understand my strategy, here are the fundamentals:
1. Think without any dishonesty.
2. Forge yourself in training.
3. Touch upon all the arts.
4. Know the ways of all professions.
5. Always consider gain and loss before acting.
6. Develop your intuition in all matters.
7. Understand that which cannot be seen.
8. Pay attention to even the smallest of details.
9. Do nothing which is useless.
The Nine Precepts are found in the last few "paragraphs" of the Earth Book (scroll) of the Gorin no Sho.
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