Gomayapiṇḍasutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Khandhavaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 17 · Section 248

[248] At Sāvatthī. Then a certain bhikkhu … Sitting to one side, that bhikkhu said this to the Blessed One: "Venerable sir, is there any form (rūpa) that is permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change, and that will remain the same just like eternity itself? Is there, venerable sir, any feeling (vedanā) that is permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change, and that will remain the same just like eternity itself? Is there, venerable sir, any perception (saññā) that … ? Are there, venerable sir, any volitional formations (saṅkhārā) that are permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change, and that will remain the same just like eternity itself? Is there, venerable sir, any consciousness (viññāṇa) that is permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change, and that will remain the same just like eternity itself?" "Bhikkhu, there is no form that is permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change, and that will remain the same just like eternity itself. There is, bhikkhu, no feeling … no perception … no volitional formations … no consciousness that is permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change, and that will remain the same just like eternity itself."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.