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           What is it that Exists & what does Not Exist ?

The blessed Buddha said:
What is it, bhikkhus, that the wise & clever in the world agree
upon as not existing, of which I too say that it does not exist?
Form that is permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change:
This the wise & clever in the world agree upon as not existing,
and I too say, that it does not exist. Feeling ... Perception ...
Mental Constructions ... Consciousness, that is permanent, stable,
eternal, not subject to change: This the wise & clever in the world
agree upon as not existing, and I too say, that it does not exist.
That, bhikkhus, is what the wise & clever in the world agree upon
as not existing, of which I too say, that it does not exist.
And what is it, bhikkhus, that the wise & clever in the world agree
upon as existing, of which I too say that it exists? Form that is
impermanent, suffering, and subject to change: this the wise &
clever in the world agree upon as existing, and I too say, that it
exists! Transient Feeling ... Perception ... Mental Constructions ...
Consciousness, that is momentary, suffering, & subject to change:
this the wise & clever in the world agree upon as existing, & I too
say that it exists! That, bhikkhus is what the wise & clever in this
world agree upon as existing, of which I too say that it exists...

Source: The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya XXII (94); [III 139]
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