Be true to yourself and to those that nourish the moral obligations. They are Masters or Shogun. If you are sincere heart will not drift from the path of truth and kami will protect you even without prayers.
Yu, courage. Throw himself into the vortex of the fight and be killed is not too difficult and the most modest farmer knows this task.
The real courage is to live in when it is better to live and die when it is better to die.
Jin, kindness. I have no armor. Benevolence and duty to my Lord is my armor. The sword must be compassionate towards the opponent submitted. Recalls an old saying that it is unworthy of a hunter to kill the bird
that he has taken refuge in her lap.
Rei sensitivity. Mishima said, 'if you want to see the heart of a friend, sick.'
A samurai must never estranged from those to whom it is attached.
Makoto, sincerity. Be upright and in solitude, or in a crowd. The inner soul is reflected in the outward body, the external body will be so enlightened by the power within. Together, body and soul, will form a single entity and sincere.
MeiYa, honor. The only thing that matters is the promise of good faith of the pronunciation.
Chugh, or serve the duty fairness. The Samurai is responsible for all his actions and his words.
