At Savatthi. Seated to the side, a
certain bhikkhu asked the
Blessed One: Is there, Venerable Sir, any form,
or any feeling,
or any perception, or any construction, or any
consciousness,
that is permanent, stable, eternal, not a changing state,
that
will remain the same, just like eternity itself ?
Then the Blessed
One took up a tiny bit of soil on his fingernail
and said to that bhikkhu:
Bhikkhu, there is not even this much
form, feeling, perception,
construction, nor consciousness, that
is permanent, stable, eternal, not
subject to change, that will
remain the same, just like eternity
itself...!!!
If there was this much form, feeling, perception,
construction,
or consciousness, that was permanent, stable, eternal, and
not
changing, this living of the Noble Life for the utterly complete
elimination of all suffering, could not be made known...
But
because there is not even this much form, nor feeling, nor any
perception,
nor construction, nor consciousness that is permanent,
stable, eternal,
not subject to change, this living of the Noble Life
for the complete
elimination of all suffering can be made known...
Source: The Grouped Sayings by the Buddha.
Samyutta Nikaya XXII (97); [III 147-9]
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