華嚴發菩提心章 1.79

1.79

一、空不即色，以空即色故。何以故？斷空不即是色，故云非色。真空必不異色，故云空即色。是故要由真空即色故，令斷空不即色也。

1. Emptiness is not identical with form, because emptiness is identical with form. Why is this? Nihilistic emptiness is not identical with form, therefore it is called non-form. True emptiness is necessarily not different from form, therefore it is said that emptiness is form. Therefore, it must be because true emptiness is identical with form that nihilistic emptiness is not identical with form.