Pheṇapiṇḍūpamasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Khandhavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 17 · Section 244

[244] Bhikkhus, suppose that in the last month of the hot season, when midday has come, a mirage shimmers; and a man with good eyesight were to see it, ponder it, and carefully investigate it. To him, seeing it, pondering it, and carefully investigating it, it would appear empty … For what substance, bhikkhus, could there be in a mirage? So too, bhikkhus, whatever perception (saññā) there is …

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.