JAPANESE LORE DESTINE THE DEJITARU SHĪRUDO TO PROTECT THE DRAGON AND SHIELD THE SANGHA. 

FIRST A PENCIL, THEN LATER A PEN.

SAID THEN, THE PEN IS MIGHTIER THAN THE SWORD.

SAID NOW, NO SWORD CAN PENETRATE THE MIGHTY SHIELD.

THE SANGHA WALKS TOGETHER AS EQUALS,
SHIELD ABREAST, PROTECTING ONE ANOTHER.

— MERWRYM