Neither in the void are there enjoyments, nor in the void is there an enjoyer. The entire universe is essentially formless, and that which we call ‘world’ is nothing but a residue of latent impressions.

A radical declaration inaugurates the Prakaraṇa of liberation: the perceived world does not even exist as such. It is not empty in the Buddhist sense of śūnyatā; rather, it lacks ontological autonomy altogether. What is termed experience is merely the projection of vāsanās, subliminal impressions amassed across in