“When the yin and the yang go awry, then heaven and earth
see astounding sights. Then we hear the crash and roll of thunder, and fire
comes in the midst of rain and burns up the great pagoda tree. Delight and
sorrow are there to trap man on either side so that he has no escape. Fearful
and trembling, he can reach no completion.
His mind is as though trussed and suspended between heaven and earth,
bewildered and lost in delusion. Profit and loss rub against each other and
light the countless fires that burn up the inner harmony of the mass of men.
The moon cannot put out the fire, so that in time all is consumed and the Way
comes to an end.”
