"In the Saint's Mausoleum there is a Poem that goes:

If in one's heart He follows the path of sincerity,

Though he does not pray Will not the Gods Protect him?

What is this path of Sincerity?"

- A man Answered him by saying,

" You seem to like Poetry. I will answer you with a poem.

As everything in this world is but a shame, Death is the only sincerity.

It is said that becoming as a dead man in one's daily liveing is the following of the

Path of Sincerity"





# Hagakure#