二諦義 3.2

3.2

Next, the third section clarifies the meaning of the mutual identity of the two truths. Now, horizontally, this meaning has no shortage of diverse threads, and vertically, it penetrates into the utmost profound and abstruse. For now, we shall briefly cite passages from three sūtras to clarify the meaning of the mutual identity of the two truths. First is the passage just cited from the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra: conventional truth is identical to the ultimate truth. Second is the Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā: emptiness is identical to form, form is identical to emptiness; apart from emptiness there is no form, apart from form there is no emptiness. Third is the Vimalakīrtinirdeśa Sūtra: the nature of form is inherently empty, it is not that emptiness arises from the cessation of form. Now, although the phrasing of these three sūtras differs, their intent is the same.