The Related Suttas Collection 22.98

10. Flowers

Plain Version

At Sāvatthī.

Seated to one side, that bhikkhu said to the Buddha:

“Sir, is there any form at all that’s permanent, everlasting, eternal, imperishable, and will last forever and ever? Is there any feeling … perception … functioning patterns … consciousness at all that’s permanent, everlasting, eternal, imperishable, and will last forever and ever?”

“Bhikkhu, there is no form at all that’s permanent, everlasting, eternal, imperishable, and will last forever and ever. There’s no feeling … perception … functioning patterns … consciousness at all that’s permanent, everlasting, eternal, imperishable, and will last forever and ever.”