Prajna Paramita

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2. How profound this wisdom is:

The teaching on emptiness shows us this is not mere self-sacrifice leading to depletion (that many women experience), but an open-hearted generosity based on an understanding of the essential impermanence of all forms.

It seems that this is one of the major misinterpretations of sacred teachings, that giving one's own strength away is the ultimate sacrifice and sign of true devotion. But as it turns out this is not the way at all.