form and emptiness...

Pao-t'ung says;

"Form and emptiness are the same.

From the buddhas above down to the smallest insect below, every creature is basically empty.

This form cannot be seen by the eyes.

Only true emptiness can see it.

And this form cannot be heard by the ears.

Only true emptiness can hear it.

The myriad things we know and feel all depend on our six senses.

But form and emptiness are not separate."



From The Heart Sutra commentaries by Red Pine
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