And they both did have leaders. And the life of a samurai was not his own but would belong to his lord. Then it became very common to speak of the samurai's lifes to his lord aslasting the duration of three lives which would be his past existence,then his present one, and then to the next life. All the training of a sammouri began in their childhood. At age 14 the young samurai would officially become a samurai in a ceremony called genpuku. The training of a knight would start at 4 or 5 when learning how to ride a pony at the age of 7 or 8. And for how early they start the would only become a knight at the age of …show more content…
For example in this samurai Poem it states, “One day you are born you the next”. Which to me sounds like the samurai believe in reincarnation. And for the Knights it states he feels that the end of his life has come. He has lain down on a steep hill with his face toward Spain and with one hand he beats his breast God, I acknowledge my guilt and I beg for Thy mercy for all the sins great which I have committed from the hour of my birth until this day when I lie here overcome by death. Angels descend out of heaven and come to him. And which to me sounds like the knights are very high in the christianity