華嚴發菩提心章 1.85

1.85

Fourth, the contemplation of total obliteration without reliance: This means that this contemplated true emptiness cannot be said to be identical with form or not identical with form, nor can it be said to be identical with emptiness or not identical with emptiness. All dharmas are impermissible, and the impermissible is also impermissible; even this statement is not accepted. Remote and severed, without reliance, it cannot be reached by speech, nor attained by understanding; this is called the cognitive object of practice. Why is this? Because when a thought is generated and a notion stirs, it immediately diverges from the substance of dharmas and loses right mindfulness.