Form is emptiness is taken from the "Maha Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra" "Color is emptiness, emptiness is color", the original four sentences: color is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from color, color is emptiness, emptiness is color. This is an important idea in Buddhism. Simply put, color refers to all things and phenomena that can be seen or cannot be seen, and these phenomena are illusions caused by people's illusions. Emptiness is the essence of things.

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"Color is emptiness, emptiness is color." This famous Buddhist saying contains profound philosophical thoughts. Most people, including literati, like to joke about it, thinking that color refers to women and emptiness. It is nothingness or nothingness. It is said that the monk saw through the mortal world and regarded women as nothingness or nothing, so he became a monk. In fact, color is not female color, and emptiness is not nothingness. To understand the true meaning of this statement, we have to start with the basic teachings of Buddhism. The teachings of Buddhism are mainly the so-called "Four Noble Truths", namely suffering, origin, cessation and path. The two truths of suffering and collection clarify the nature of life and the causes of its formation; the two truths of cessation and path point out the destination and path of liberation in life. Specifically: 1. The truth of suffering is that life in this world seems to be suffering. Life has many kinds of suffering such as "birth, old age, illness, and death", as well as countless troubles. 2. The truth of the universe is the analysis of the causes of pain and troubles. It believes that all things and phenomena in the universe cannot exist independently, but are composed of a variety of factors. In this case, all entities do not have a separate "self-nature". They not only have "self-nature" but also have "unity". Buddhism calls it "all dharmas have no self" and believes that all things are changeable. It is called "impermanence of all things", which is the main content of emptiness. 3. The truth of annihilation is the highest state of Buddhism, which is nirvana. To extinguish the suffering and troubles of life and transcend the cycle of life and death. (Note that transcending life and death does not mean committing suicide. Buddhism values ??life.) 4. The truth is the road to Nirvana. The methods are summarized as "precepts, concentration and wisdom". "Form is emptiness, emptiness is color" comes from the "Maha Prajna Paramita Heart Sutra", the original four sentences: form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from color, color is emptiness, emptiness is color. This is an important idea in Buddhism. Simply put, color refers to all things and phenomena that can be seen or cannot be seen, and these phenomena are illusions caused by people's illusions. Emptiness, as mentioned above, is the various factors and causes that produce phenomena, and is the essence of things. For example, for an article to be presented in front of readers, it first requires human thought, paper and pen, and media tools. It cannot be established alone. To put it bluntly, the appearance of an article is "color", and the causes and conditions that produce this "color" , such as human thoughts, paper, etc. are "empty". If people do not want to write articles, or do not have such empty space as paper and pen, they will not produce the "color" of articles, and each of our individuals also relies on their parents. It is established based on various factors, as well as various relationships between what you see, think, and eat. Therefore, color is not the color of women and men, and emptiness is not nothingness. Form is emptiness, which allows people to realize the phenomenon of things and realize that many sufferings and troubles are caused by illusion. Emptiness is color, which allows people to know the retribution of cause and effect and the cycle of good and evil based on the nature of things and the relationship between causes and conditions. As the saying goes: To know the cause of the past life, what is the recipient in this life, and to know the consequences of the future life, what is the doer in this life. This is the best explanation of the cause and effect of emptiness and the synthesis of multiple factors. Only by recognizing the karma and retribution of "form is emptiness, emptiness is form" and the cycle of good and evil, can people do good deeds and use their own individual virtues to save others, truly care about all things in the world, practice them with their own bodies, and pass the "precepts, precepts, truths" of "Tao". "Concentration and Wisdom" achieve transcendence and relieve suffering and troubles. In the process of practicing this, Buddhism also pays attention to "compassion". The so-called great compassion is roughly equivalent to the Confucian "benevolence". Generally speaking, "form is emptiness, and emptiness is form" is the basis for persuading people to do good. Common vocabulary in Buddhism Color refers to all tangible substances. These substances are generated by the combination of causes and conditions. Their substance is empty, so it is said that color is empty.