So, we now see that these lines of the Heart Sutra are shorthand for the “Twelve-fold Chain of Dependent Origination“, ruuning from “ignorance” to “old age and death” …
… and emptiness breaks the chain.
In fact, what “chain“?
(Please excuse a few oral “typos” … I keep calling the chain the “12 foot chain” … I am very very sleepy after a long day!)
No/ ig/no/rance/, no/ end/ to/ ig/no/rance/; No/ old/ age/ and/ death/, No/ ces/sa/tion/ of/ old/ age/ and/ death/;
No/ suf/fer/ing/, nor/ cause/ or/ end/ to/ suf/fer/ing/
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No/ suf/fer/ing/, nor/ cause/ or/ end/ to/ suf/fer/ing/
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