"There is no safety in the threefold world...I am the only person who can rescue and protect others" - Shakyamuni Buddha, Lotus Sutra Chapter 3 A Parable (of the Burning House)

"There is no safety in the threefold world;

it is like a burning house,

replete with a multitude of sufferings,

truly to be feared,

constantly beset with the griefs and pains

of birth, aging, sickness, and death,

which are like fires

raging fiercely and without cease.

The thus come one has already left

the burning house of the threefold world

and dwells in tranquil quietude

in the safety of forest and plain.

But now this threefold world

is all my domain,

p.106and the living beings in it

are all my children.

Now this place

is beset by many pains and trials.

I am the only person

who can rescue and protect others,"