Subhuti, do not think that when one gives rise to the highest, most fulfilled, awakened mind one needs to see all objects of mind as nonexistent, cut off from life. Please do not think in that way. One who gives rise to the awakened mind does not deny objects or say that they are nonexistent.

One who gives rise to the awakened mind should know that what is called a self or a person, a living being or a life span, is not so in essence but only in concept. The names of self, person, living being, or life span are names only. Subhuti, you should know that all the things of the world are like this, you should have confidence in their essence without names.

-- The Buddha, Diamond Sutra