Master Jo said, “What can be called Emptiness is not true Emptiness, and what can be called form is not true form. True form is formless, and true Emptiness is nameless. What is nameless is the father of names, and what is formless is the mother of forms, the source of all things and the beginning of Sky and Earth.”
Student: “Why is true Emptiness nameless?”
Master: “Because it is formless and beyond words.”
Student: “Isn’t true form formless as well?”
Master: “Yes, this is why form is Emptiness and vice versa.”
Commentary:
Remember that Emptiness and form are also names.
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