Son of good family, just as the expanse of the sky is not practiced nor not practiced, in the same way, the bodhisatva practices the insight being free from all practice.
善男子。喩如虚空非行無行。菩薩行般若離一切行亦復如是。
Just as the the expanse of the sky is indestructible, in the same way, the bodhisatva practices insight which cannot be broken by any demon.
喩如虚空無能破壞。菩薩行般若一切諸魔無能壞者亦復如是。
Just as the nature of the expanse of sky is always calm (upaśānta), in the same way, the bodhisatva practices insight with understanding and seeing calmness.
喩如虚空性常寂靜。菩薩行般若覺見寂靜亦復如是。
Just as the nature of the expanse of the sky is always selfless (anātman), in the same way, the bodhisatva practices insight with understanding selflessness.
喩如虚空性常無我。菩薩行般若了知無我亦復如是。
Just as the nature of the expanse of the sky is not a being (satva), in the same way, the bodhisatva practices insight being free from belief in a being (sarvasatvadṛṣṭivigata).
喩如虚空性非衆生。菩薩行般若。離一切衆生見亦復如是。
Just as the nature of the expanse of the sky is not a life principle (jīva), in the same way, the bodhisatva practices insight being free from belief in a life principle (sarvajīvadṛṣṭivigata).
喩如虚空性無有命。菩薩行般若。離一切命見亦復是。
Just as the nature of the expanse of the sky is not a person (pudgala), in the same way, the bodhisatva practices insight being free from belief in a person (sarvapudgaladṛṣṭivigata).
喩如虚空性無有人。菩薩行般若。離一切人見亦復如是。
Just as the expanse of the sky is not substantial nor insubstantial, in the same way, the bodhisatva practices insight being free from belief in substance and non-substance.
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I. The Occasion