空くう即そく是ぜ色しき

noun

emptiness is form; form is emptiness

A core Mahayana Buddhist concept from the Heart Sutra, paired with 色即是空. It teaches that emptiness (空) does not negate form (色) but is identical with it; the material world is an expression of emptiness.

See also: 色即是空

• 「空くう即そく是ぜ色しき」は般はん若にゃ心しん経ぎょうの有ゆう名めいな一いっ節せつです。

  "Emptiness is form" is a famous passage from the Heart Sutra.

• 色しき即そく是ぜ空くう、空くう即そく是ぜ色しきという考かんがえ方かたは、物もの事ごとの本ほん質しつを表あらわしている。

  The idea that form is emptiness and emptiness is form expresses the essence of things.