Ten Articles of Faith

1. Be loyal to one's country: Sacrifice to fulfill your duty to your country and your people. This is based on the spirit of Hwa Rang.

2. Be obedient to one's parent and elders: Children should be dutiful to their parents and parents should be charitable to their children.

3. Be loving to one's husband or wife: From the mother's body develops man's happiness, as harmony and affection form love between the sexes.

4. Be cooperative to your brothers: Hold together with cooperation and concord.

5. Be respectful to elders: Protect the rights of the weak with courtesy and modesty.

6. Be faithful to your teacher: Learn the truth through practice of duty, loyalty, and affection.

7. Be faithful to friends: Honor friendship and be peaceful and happy with harmony and faith towards all mankind.

8. Face combat only in justice and with honor: Be able to distinguish between good and bad with fairness and rightfulness.

9. Never retreat in battle: Sacrifice for justice with capability and bravery.

10. Always finish what you start: Move to action with sureness and with hope.