“When Kannon practiced the discipline of enlightenment by relying on the deep wisdom, he saw clearly that the five aggregates are all empty, and he practiced the means by which one can be saved from all suffering.
“To my foremost disciples, I say that form and emptiness do not differ. Nor does emptiness differ from form. Form is another name for emptiness, and emptiness is another name for form. It is the same with the other four aggregates (reception, discrimination, volition, and consciousness).
“To my foremost disciples, I say that the accepted order of the world is but an empty appearance, and that there is neither birth nor death, neither filth nor purity. Nor is there either increase or decrease.
“Therefore, in the middle of emptiness, there are no four aggregates (reception, discrimination, volition, and consciousness). There are no six senses, there is neither form, sound, smell, taste, nor touch. There is neither consciousness nor unconsciousness. There is neither a root of ignorance and delusion, nor is there escape from the root of ignorance and delusion. Furthermore, there is neither old age and death, nor escape from old age and death.
“There is no means to attain enlightenment, nor is there wisdom, nor is there the obtaining of anything. By means of nonobtainment, one relies upon the bodhisattva’s great wisdom, and by relying upon this wisdom, one has no cares or worries. Because one has no cares or worries, one has nothing to fear. By removing oneself from faraway dreams and fantasies, one reaches Nirvana, which is always right where one is.
“Because the Absolute Buddha of the three worlds relied upon this great wisdom, he obtained enlightenment wihout greater. In order to make you aware of this great wisdom, I approve of this sutra of the great gods, this sutra of great brightness, this sutra without a greater, this sutra without compare, which is able to expel suffering, which is the truth without lie, and explain it to you.”
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