是諸法空相 = All phenomena bear the mark of Emptiness
不生不滅 = no Birth no Death
不垢不浄 = no Defilement no Purity
不増不減 = no Increasing no Decreasing
(Translation by Thich Nhat Hanh)
The Heart Sutra is one of the most important sutras (religious texts) in Buddhism. It celebrates the idea that all things of the physical world are “empty”; this is the true nature of reality.
This insight can help us to overcome all pairs of opposites: birth/death, defilement/purity, increasing/decreasing, subject/object….
This is a state of coolness, peace, and non-fear which can be experienced in this life.
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