Yamamoto Tsunetomo Quotes

Meditation on inevitable death should be performed daily. Every day one should meditate on being carried away by surging waves, falling from thousand-foot cliffs, dying of disease.

Yamamoto Tsunetomo

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  • Death
  • Day
  • Daily