frenzy.txt

“Bushido is to enter a ‘death frenzy’ (shini-gurui). Even dozens of men cannot kill a man in a frenzied state already determined to die.” Lord Naoshige said this. One cannot accomplish great exploits in a normal frame of mind. Just become insane and desperate to die. In the Way of the warrior, contemplating matters too deeply will cause you to fall behind others. Don’t think of loyalty or filial piety, just enter a frenzy to perish in shidō. Loyalty and filial piety will manifest as a matter of course in the death frenzy.