Hagakure

📝ONGO's Reflection

When I met that searing opening line—"I have found that the way of the warrior is to die"—I was overwhelmed by its cold, unflinching resolve. Paradoxically, by holding death always in view, the author shows a determination to live the present life as fiercely and purely as possible. In a world where everything is so easily compromised, here is a glimpse of the rough-hewn aesthetic of a spirit that throws itself wholly into a single conviction. This is bushido, the way of the warrior.