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Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, when practicing deeply the Prajnaparamita, sees that all five aggregates are empty, and overcomes all suffering and distress.
Shariputra! Form is not different from emptiness, emptiness is not different from form; form is exactly emptiness, emptiness is exactly form, sensation, perception, volition, and consciousness are also like this.
Shariputra! All phenomena are characterized by emptiness; they are neither born nor destroyed, neither impure nor pure, neither increasing nor decreasing.
Therefore, in the air there is no color, no sensation, thought, action, or consciousness; no eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, or mind; no form, sound, smell, taste, touch, or dharma;