Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea

[daiitoku]

On the one hand, Majnu:

I pass by these walls, the walls of Layla
And I kiss this wall and that wall
It's not love of the houses that has taken my heart
But of the One who dwells in those houses.And on the other, Sakyamuni:

O house-builder, thou shalt build no house again!
All thy rafters are broken, thy ridgepole is destroyed.
My mind has reached the unconditioned;
The end of craving has been attained.