Whatever is dependently co-arisen, that is explained to be emptiness. That, being a dependent designation, is itself the middle way.

Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.

If I had any position, I would thereby have a flaw. But since I have no position, I alone am without flaw.

Like a dream, like an illusion, like a city of gandharvas, that's how birth, and that's how living, that's how dying are taught to be.

The teaching of the Buddha is based on two truths: conventional truth and ultimate truth. Without understanding the relationship between these two, the deeper meaning of the Buddha's teaching cannot be understood.

When one sees with wisdom that all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, one is liberated from suffering.

Through understanding emptiness, one does not become proud of one's virtues, just as one does not become proud of building a castle in the sky.

To see the truth, do not be for or against. The struggle between for and against is the mind's worst disease.

The highest truth cannot be taught except through the conventional truth.

The victorious ones have said that emptiness is the relinquishing of all views. Those who are possessed of the view of emptiness are said to be incurable.

The one who grasps at existence suffers in samsara, while the one who grasps at non-existence will find no liberation.

There is no difference at all between samsara and nirvana. There is no difference at all between nirvana and samsara.

Just as the wise do not take a mirage to be water, nor an echo to be a voice, so the enlightened do not take the world to be real.

For whom emptiness is possible, everything is possible. For whom emptiness is not possible, nothing is possible.

The person who clings to nothing of the past, present and future, who has no attachment and no aversion, has no conceptual imprints.

The essence of the teaching is emptiness and compassion. Without emptiness, compassion can become attachment. Without compassion, emptiness can become cold and distant.

Neither from itself nor from another, nor from both, nor without a cause, does anything whatever, anywhere arise.

The root of all suffering is ignorance. The antidote to ignorance is wisdom that realizes emptiness.

When you realize the emptiness of all phenomena, compassion will arise in your heart for all sentient beings who do not understand this truth.

By understanding emptiness, one understands all phenomena. Without understanding emptiness, one understands nothing.