For she (The Perfection of Wisdom) is their mother and begetter, she showed them the all-knowledge, she instructed them in the ways of the world. From her have the Tathagatas come forth. For she has begotten and shown that cognition of all-knowing; she has shown them the world for what it really is. The all-knowledge of the Tathagatas has come forth from her. All the Tathagatas, past, future and present, win full enlightenment thanks to this very Perfection of Wisdom. It is in this sense that the Perfection of Wisdom generates Tathagatas and instructs them in this world. …How does Perfect Wisdom show up the world for what it is? She shows that the world is empty, unthinkable, calmly quiet. As purified of itself, she shows up the world.

The Perfection of Wisdom in 8,000 Lines[i]