(15) He asked : “Where is this emptiness to be sought?” He replied: “In the sixty-two heresies.”

(12) He asked : “ What is [the meaning] of emptiness ? ” He replied : “ It is empty because it is empty.”

(13) He asked : “ How is it that emptiness is empty ? ” He replied : “ It is empty, because non-discrimination is empty.”

(4) I, by the roots unwonted of this wood, Do swear to you that never broke I faith Unto my lord, who was so worthy of honour; And to the world if one of you return, Let him my memory comfort, which is lying Still prostrate from the blow that envy dealt it." Waited awhile, and then: "Since he is silent," The Poet said to me, "lose not the time, But speak, and question him, if more may please thee." Whence I to him: "Do thou again inquire Concerning what thou thinks't will satisfy me; For I cannot, such pity is in my heart." Therefore he recommenced: "So may the man Do for thee freely what thy speech implores, Spirit incarcerate, again be pleased To tell us in what way the soul is bound Within these knots; and tell us, if thou canst, If any from such members e'er is freed." Then blew the trunk amain, and afterward The wind was into such a voice converted: "With brevity shall be replied to you. When the exasperated soul abandons The body whence it rent itself away, Minos consigns it to the seventh abyss.

(21) Wherefore should you tear away the parts from the whole? If the part be severed from its whole it is useless; Till it is again joined to its whole, 'Tis a dead thing, and a stranger to life. Thus Daquqi, in devotions and praises and prayers, Throughout his long journeys his object was this, He cried continually as he went his way, "O Lord, let me draw near to Thy chosen ones!" So Daquqi (the mercy of God be upon him!) Said, "I journeyed long time to East and to West,

(3) [And] I reply: I long to learn the things that are, and comprehend their nature, and know God. This is, I said, what I desire to hear. He answered back to me: Hold in thy mind all thou wouldst know, and I will teach thee.

(3) Then Silaka Sâlâvatya said to Kaikitâyana Dâlbhya: 'Let me ask you.' 'Ask,' he replied.

(117) Thou mayest perhaps ask, How comes that to pass, or in what Manner is it so? Answer.

(11) Manjusri asked : “ Sir, why is this chamber empty and without attendants ? ” Vimalakirti replied : “ Even the lands of all the Buddhas are also empty.”

(3) "Ah, do not look at this dry leprosy," Entreated he, "which doth my skin discolour, Nor at default of flesh that I may have; But tell me truth of thee, and who are those Two souls, that yonder make for thee an escort; Do not delay in speaking unto me." "That face of thine, which dead I once bewept, Gives me for weeping now no lesser grief," I answered him, "beholding it so changed! But tell me, for God's sake, what thus denudes you? Make me not speak while I am marvelling, For ill speaks he who's full of other longings." And he to me: "From the eternal council Falls power into the water and the tree Behind us left, whereby I grow so thin. All of this people who lamenting sing, For following beyond measure appetite In hunger and thirst are here re-sanctified. Desire to eat and drink enkindles in us The scent that issues from the apple-tree, And from the spray that sprinkles o'er the verdure; And not a single time alone, this ground Encompassing, is refreshed our pain,— I say our pain, and ought to say our solace,—