a person is not

 

First prevent what is lacking in merit,

Next prevent [ideas of a coarse] self;

Later prevent views of all kinds.

Whoever knows of this is wise.

...

A person is not earth, not water,

Not fire, not wind, not space.

not consciousness, and not all of them.

What person is there other than these?

Due to being set up in dependence upon an

aggregation of the six constituents

A person is not established as its own reality,

So due to being set up in dependence upon an aggregation

Each of the constituents also is not established as its own reality.

...

Through the elimination of karma and affliction there is nirvana.

Karma and affliction come from conceptual thought.

These come from mental fabrication.

Fabrication ceases through (realizing) emptiness.

~ Nagarjuna

from The Precious Garland of Advise