Everything has the nature of being empty.
When the empty looks at the empty,
Who is there to look at something empty?
What is the use of many classifications,
Such as ‘being empty’ and ‘not empty’
As it is illusion looking at illusion,
And delusion watching delusion?

Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche

A Letter in Praise of Emptiness

from the book Natural Great Perfection: Dzogchen Teachings And Vajra Songs


source: http://www.nyingma.com/dzogchen2.htm


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