Though the celestial be sentient, it is as utterly insentient. If the Celestial Order--the absolute principle governing the cosmos--were possessed of compassion or feeling, that very sentiment would at once be revealed as a merciless impartiality: an utter insentience that carries all things, without preference, through the ceaseless transformations of existence.
天若有情亦無情（天若し情有らば 亦た無情） 天（宇宙の絶対的な摂理）に慈悲や情緒があるとするならば、それは同時に、何も のにも偏らず万物を等しく流転させる残酷なまでの「無情」そのものである。
Though the celestial be sentient, it is as utterly insentient. If the Celestial Order--the absolute principle governing the cosmos--were possessed of compassion or feeling, that very sentiment would at once be revealed as a merciless impartiality: an utter insentience that carries all things, without preference, through the ceaseless transformations of existence.