"All things return to emptiness (guiyu kong 歸於空)—that is, there is no-self (wuwo 無我), no beings (wuren 無人), no living (wushou 無壽), no life (wuming 無命), no great being (wushi 無士), no ordinary being (wufu 無夫), no form (wuxing 無形), no appearances (wuxiang 無像), no men (wunan 無男), and no women (wunü 無女). Why? Because characteristics of a self are no characteristics; characteristics of a person, sentient beings, and lifespan are all free from characteristics."
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Ekōttarāgama or Zengyi Ahan jing 增壹阿含經, T no. 125, 2: 575c18–20.
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Sheng Yen
Sheng Yen (Chinese: 聖嚴 Shèngyán; 22 January 1931 – 3 February 2009) was a Taiwanese Chan Buddhist monk, religious scholar, and writer. Sheng Yen was the founder of the Dharma Drum Mountain, a Buddhist organization based in Taiwan.
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