“It is in the midst of such various woes as these that the beings are plunged, yet they cavort in joy, unaware, unknowing, unalarmed, unafraid, neither experiencing disgust nor seeking release. In this burning house of the three worlds they run about hither and yon, and, though they encounter great woes, they are not concerned.”
—Scripture of the Lotus Blossom of the Fine Dharma (The Lotus Sutra), translated from the Chinese by Leon Hurvitz
