All Dharmas Are Liberated in the Present Moment.

All the Dharma taught by the Buddha points toward liberation; every dharma tends toward nirvāṇa, every dharma never departs from nirvāṇa, and no dharma lies outside of nirvāṇa. The Dharmakāya is prajñā; prajñā is liberation; liberation is nirvāṇa. None of these ever depart from suchness (tathatā); all dharmas are expounded in dependence upon suchness, and all are dharmas of liberation. Suchness has no bondage, so all dharmas have no bondage; when suchness is liberated, all dharmas are liberated. When the one is true, all is true; when the one is liberated, all is liberated.

Material form does not bind suchness; sound, smell, taste, touch, and mental objects do not bind suchness—suchness is itself liberation. Form, sound, smell, taste, touch, and mental objects exist in dependence upon suchness. When material form is empty, there is liberation in that very moment; when sound, smell, taste, touch, and mental objects are empty, there is liberation in that very moment; when the eye faculty is empty, there is liberation in that very moment; when the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind faculties are empty, there is liberation in that very moment; when the eye consciousness is empty, there is liberation in that very moment; when the ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind consciousnesses are empty, there is liberation in that very moment. Among all worldly and world-transcending dharmas, there is not a single dharma that is not liberated. The great way of liberation is right before your eyes; worthy one, recognize it for yourself, attain liberation yourself, and realize nirvāṇa yourself!