Being is both: thought and absence of thought; phenomena and emptiness; pattern and chaos. When practising shi-nè however, it becomes evident that this existential definition is not comfortable to a dualistic mindset. p104, Tracts of the Sun : An Earth Orbit of Vajrayana Expressions. Ngakpa Chögyam and Khandro Déchen, Aro Books, 2022, ISBN 978-1-898185-28-4