(２４)“什麼是畢竟空？”

　　24) “What is it when there is total emptiness

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　　“畢竟空”稱爲涅槃(nibbana)，徹底地空掉“自我”的狀態就是涅槃，這個可以用一句格言來說明：“涅槃是至高無上的“空””(泰本巴利藏第３１冊，６３２頁)。它是一種超越種種假相、獨一無二的智見，見到涅槃是至高無上的“空”，我們就能超越種種的假相。

　　TOTAL EMPTINESS OR freedom is called “nibbāna” (Sanskrit, nirvāna). The condition of emptiness resulting from the complete and thorough elimination of the self-idea is nibbāna. This can be summarized by saying “Nibbāna is supreme emptiness.” It is that unique vision that transcends ordinary knowledge. We can transcend the various types of ordinary knowledge through seeing that “nibbāna is supreme emptiness.”

　　涅槃是至高無上的“空”，或至高無上的“空”是涅槃。請記住：究竟圓滿的空性——涅槃。

　　Nibbāna is supreme emptiness, or supreme emptiness is nibbāna. Do remember that the perfection of emptiness is what we refer to as “nibbāna”.