The Six Perfections (pāramitās) are also empty in nature

Original text of the Diamond Sutra: 如来说第一波罗蜜。即非第一波罗蜜。是名第一波罗蜜。须菩提。忍辱波罗蜜。如来说非忍辱波罗蜜。是名忍辱波罗蜜。

Explanation: When the Tathāgata speaks of the foremost pāramitā, there is not truly a foremost pāramitā; the foremost pāramitā is not a real mark—it is merely called the foremost pāramitā in name. Subhūti, as for the pāramitā of forbearance, the Tathāgata says there is not truly a pāramitā of forbearance; the pāramitā of forbearance is also an illusory false appearance, merely called the pāramitā of forbearance in name.

The six pāramitās of bodhisattvas are: generosity (dāna), precepts, forbearance, diligence, meditative concentration (dhyāna), and wisdom. If one can bring forth the great bodhi mind and practice the six pāramitās in order to accomplish the Buddha Way, then one can reach the further shore of nirvāṇa, and the six practices are called the six pāramitās. Pāramitā means reaching the further shore of nirvāṇa. If one practices the six perfections without the bodhi mind, the six practices are merely wholesome dharmas without being pāramitās, and one cannot reach the further shore of nirvāṇa.

The first of the six pāramitās is the pāramitā of generosity. All the bodhisattva's acts of giving are accomplished by the vajra mind (Vajracitta), manifested and upheld by the vajra mind, subject to arising and ceasing, change, and impermanence. Therefore the pāramitā of generosity is an empty, false appearance, not a real mark—that is, it is not the foremost pāramitā; it is provisionally named the foremost pāramitā. The pāramitā of forbearance is manifested and accomplished by the vajra mind; it has no substantial attributes, no real mark of forbearance, and no real mark of pāramitā. Therefore it is also an empty, false appearance, not a truly existing mark, and so it is not the pāramitā of forbearance; it is provisionally named the pāramitā of forbearance. The same applies to the pāramitā of precepts, the pāramitā of diligence, the pāramitā of meditative concentration, and the pāramitā of wisdom: all are not pāramitās, have no real marks, are all illusory empty false appearances, and are provisionally named pāramitās.