ཤས་རབ་ཀྱ་ཕ་རལ་ཏ་ཕྱན་པ་སྟང་ཕྲག་བརྒྱ་པ 314

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“Moreover, Śāradvatīputra, bodhisattva great beings who practice the perfection of wisdom do not think, ‘Will I comprehend the realm of phenomena, or will I not comprehend it?’ This is because they do not observe any phenomenon that is the sort of thing that would come to be comprehended by means of a phenomenon, because they do not associate the realm of phenomena with ‘empty’ and do not associate it with ‘not empty.’²⁰⁸

“Śāradvatīputra, bodhisattva great beings who practice in that manner are said to engage with the perfection of wisdom.

“Moreover, Śāradvatīputra, when bodhisattva great beings practice the perfection of wisdom, they do not associate physical forms with emptiness, nor do they associate emptiness with physical forms. They do not associate feelings with emptiness, nor do they associate emptiness with feelings. They do not associate perceptions with emptiness, nor do they associate emptiness with perceptions. They do not associate formative predispositions with emptiness, nor do they associate emptiness with formative predispositions. They do not associate consciousness with emptiness, nor do they associate emptiness with consciousness.

“They do not associate the eyes with emptiness, nor do they associate emptiness with the eyes. They do not associate the ears with emptiness, nor do they associate emptiness with the ears. They do not associate the nose with emptiness, nor do they associate emptiness with the nose. They do not associate the tongue with emptiness, nor do they associate emptiness with the tongue. They do not associate the body with emptiness, nor do they associate emptiness with the body. They do not associate the mental faculty with emptiness, nor do they associate emptiness with the mental faculty.

“They do not associate sights with emptiness, nor do they associate emptiness with sights. They do not associate sounds with emptiness, nor do they associate emptiness with sounds. They do not associate odors with emptiness, nor do they associate emptiness with odors.