Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.

The saying expresses a common Buddhist ethical idea: wholesome actions (karma) have enduring consequences that are not annulled by external forces or even by the transitions of life and death. “Fire” and “wind” evoke the impermanence and destructiveness of the physical world, while “birth” and “death” mark the cycle of rebirth (saṃsāra). Against these, “good deeds” are presented as a kind of moral continuity—what one intentionally does leaves a trace in experience and character, shaping future conditions. Read this way, the quote encourages responsibility and confidence that virtue is not wasted, even when material results seem to vanish.