Hagakure - Book of the Samurai

Whether people be of high or low birth, rich or poor, old or young, enlightened or confused, they are all alike in that they will one day die

There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.

"An ancestor's good or evil can be determined by the conduct of his descendants ." A descendant should act in a way that will manifest the good in his ancestor and not the bad.