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The overarching theme throughout the entire *Vajracchedikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra* (Diamond Sutra) is to shatter appearances, shatter appearances, shatter appearances—to shatter all appearances, beginning with the shattering of the four marks, and shattering all dharmic appearances. All appearances are not appearances, yet not non-appearances; they are neither dharmas nor non-dharmas. The basis for shattering all these appearances is the indestructible Vajra heart, which is neither born nor extinguished. The process and result of shattering appearances in the Diamond Sutra resonates distantly with the method of Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva’s perfect penetration through the faculty of hearing: voiding all that can be voided, leaving only the indestructible Prajñā heart of Vajra wisdom on the other shore—a shore that is not the other shore, yet not not the other shore—solitary and without companion, yet it is the one true Dharmadhātu. The Diamond Sutra also resonates distantly with all Prajñāpāramitā scriptures and Mahayana scriptures, mutually affirming one another without the slightest dissonance. There is nothing but emptiness, emptiness to the very end—an emptiness that is not emptiness, yet not non-emptiness.
