Philippians 2 and the Heart Sūtra

Form and Emptiness as Keys to Contemplative Practice

One of my favorite passages in the New Testament is the hymn found in Philippians 2:5-11:

Let the same mind be in you that wasin Christ Jesus,

who, though he was in the form of God,
did not regard equality with God
as something to be exploited,
but emptied himself,
taking the form of a slave,
being born in human likeness.
And being found in human form,
he humbled himself
and became obedient to the point of death—
even death on a cross.

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