善ぜん悪あく不ふ二に

expression

good and evil are two faces of the same coin

Buddhist expression meaning that good and evil are not fundamentally separate; they are two aspects of the same reality.

• 禅ぜんの教おしえに「善ぜん悪あく不ふ二に」という言こと葉ばがある。

  In Zen teachings, there is the phrase 'good and evil are not two'.