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"All things are by nature void... There is no wax or wane."
For pride and arrogance, your golden form is shattered. From the rift shines Buddha's light, majestic and boundless. With the glaring rays, flashing, startling, breaking, You forget the teachings and fall into the false.
You are alone, isolated, crippled, Dancing, prancing, like a deity or ghost, no less. Here the wise go mad, the brave turn bad, the kind face duress. Tainted by worldly dust, your practice is in a mess.
May your body enlighten the world and Quell your proud and overbearing, merging light and darkness.
The passage opens with a basic teaching: things are empty and don’t actually grow or shrink in the way we usually think. Against that background, the story points to a single cause of trouble: pride and arrogance. Because of that pride, the person’s “golden form” — their elevated status or secure sense of self — is shattered.
When that break happens, a rift appears and Buddha’s light pours out. The light is described as vast and overwhelming. Instead of immediately bringing calm wisdom, the sudden glare startles and breaks the person. The intensity makes them forget the teachings they once followed and leads them into error or false ways.
After this event the person is isolated and damaged. They act oddly — like a god or a ghost — dancing and prancing without steadiness. The text then shows how this downfall spreads or reflects outward: even the wise can go mad, the brave can become corrupt, and kind people can be pushed into suffering. The situation becomes chaotic for anyone involved.
The practical result is that their spiritual practice is ruined. Being “tainted by worldly dust” means they’ve picked up attachments and distractions that contaminate what they were trying to do. Their discipline and training are in a mess because of the pride, the shock of the light, and the resulting behavior.
The passage ends with a wish or instruction: may your body be used to enlighten the world and to quell pride and arrogance, bringing together light and darkness. In other words, despite the fall, there is a path of transformation: overcome pride, let your life become a force for true understanding, and reconcile the opposing states that caused the breakdown.