般若心經略疏連珠記 2.5

2.5

From the sūtra's "relieved" down, the fourth [section] clarifies the benefit. All suffering and distress are completely contained within the two kinds of birth and death. Now that true emptiness has been seen, salvation is already complete. Why is this? Qingliang says: "Relying on the contemplative practice of the emptiness of the person, one transcends karmic birth and death and abides forever in nirvāṇa. Relying on the contemplative practice of the two emptinesses, mutually illuminating that both personal and dharmic selves are ultimately empty and nonexistent, one is freed from all fears and relieves all suffering and distress." Transcending birth and death through transformation is called ultimate liberation. Suffering refers to the five sufferings and the eight sufferings. Transformation refers to the four kinds of birth and death, such as conditioning, as explained in texts like the *Vijñaptimātratāsiddhi*. Gaining the ultimate fruit of bliss by relying on this contemplative practice—how could the Buddha's virtues be in vain?