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Even if one is wise as Solomon <strong>and</strong> can see as far<br />

through a brick wall as no body could, but sees no<br />

sunyata, that person has no realization, <strong>and</strong> is not<br />

liberated at all. Hence, the ultimate prajna paramita<br />

should be practiced according to the guidance of the<br />

following stanza:<br />

"All dharmas are so plain,<br />

Have neither goal nor vain.<br />

There is view without sight<br />

But one should not view it as light<br />

No request or volition:<br />

Pity on fools is real wit."<br />

G. Distinguishing the Sunyata Identified with<br />

Bodhicitta from "Dry" Sunyata without It<br />

The wise person knows that sunyata does not st<strong>and</strong><br />

alone. The ancients called such a person, who<br />

mistakenly thought of sunyata as separate from<br />

everything else, "people of 'dry' wisdom." Hence one<br />

should develop the five kinds of bodhicitta.<br />

1. Bodhicitta of Will<br />

When one is still in Hinayana of the cause-position, one<br />

is in transmigration <strong>and</strong> suffers many kinds of pains,<br />

though one has pity on those who suffer with the same<br />

pains. A strong sympathy arises in such a person's mind,<br />

such as the thought that if one were a Buddha one could<br />

save them. Therefore, the good will to be a Buddha is<br />

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