般若波羅蜜多心經幽贊 2.79

2.79

"Obstruction" (gua) means hindrance, "impediment" (ai) means restriction, "dread" (kong) means awe, "fright" (bu) means fear. Not yet having awakened by relying on wisdom, one stagnates in the existence of form and the rest, is restricted and drowned in manifold sufferings, and fear and dread are constantly generated; there are false inversions and the dream-thoughts of birth-and-death, and due to this one yearns for ultimate nirvāṇa. Once one relies on prajñā and realizes that form and the rest are empty, one is then free of restrictions and impediments, the fear of suffering, and inverted thoughts; because form and birth-and-death are themselves nirvāṇa, what need is there to falsely seek ultimate extinction? Therefore, relying on prajñā, all are far removed.