[Pjayjukr]

Emptiness exists, emptiness occupies its own volume...Without emptiness noting can exist...

Emptiness does not mean a "ground of being" or a "vaccuum", like space, in which the planets exist, or like a "blank canvas" an artist paints on

It is not correct to equate emptiness with a "ground of being" or with 'God'

The Bible states:

Genesis 1

The Beginning
In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.

And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. What the Bible refers to is not emptiness

Emptiness is a characeristic of all things, such as red colour and water are characteristics of blood

Emptiness does not occupy its own volume...

"Without emptiness nothing can exist" is a non-sensical statement; in no way representitive of any existing reality

That things are empty of self, in the same way pure water is empty of metal, is the nature of things

However, things do not depend on emptiness for their existence

A tree is empty of self but depends on water, sun, soil, nutriment, etc, for its existence

Kind regards