There is no reality in the sense that the essence of things is empty and silent, with no appearance that can be apprehended. And yet there are countless inherent potencies within it, which are not hidden when put to use; and so it says there is no unreality either.
You may want to say it is real, yet no defining characteristics can be found; you may want to say it is unreal, yet it functions without interruption. Therefore it cannot be said not to exist, yet cannot be said to exist. It can be nothing, yet is not nothing; no words or metaphors can reach it--does this not describe true wisdom alone?
---Hue-neng, in his commentary on The Diamond Sutra---
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