[253] Then the Blessed One took up a little dust on the tip of his fingernail and said to that bhikkhu: "Bhikkhu, there is not even this much form (rūpa) that is permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change, and that will remain the same just like eternity itself. If, bhikkhu, even this much form were permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change, this living of the holy life (brahmacariya) for the complete destruction of suffering (dukkha) could not be discerned. But because, bhikkhu, there is not even this much form that is permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change, therefore the living of the holy life for the complete destruction of suffering is discerned.
"There is not even this much feeling (vedanā), bhikkhu, that is permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change, and that will remain the same just like eternity itself. If, bhikkhu, even this much feeling were permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change, this living of the holy life for the complete destruction of suffering could not be discerned. But because, bhikkhu, there is not even this much feeling that is permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change, therefore the living of the holy life for the complete destruction of suffering is discerned.
"There is not even this much perception (saññā), bhikkhu, … There are not even this many volitional formations (saṅkhārā), bhikkhu, that are permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change, and that will remain the same just like eternity itself. If, bhikkhu, even this many volitional formations were permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change, this living of the holy life for the complete destruction of suffering could not be discerned. But because, bhikkhu, there are not even this many volitional formations that are permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change, therefore the living of the holy life for the complete destruction of suffering is discerned.
"There is not even this much consciousness (viññāṇa), bhikkhu, that is permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change, and that will remain the same just like eternity itself. If, bhikkhu, even this much consciousness were permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change, this living of the holy life for the complete destruction of suffering could not be discerned. But because, bhikkhu, there is not even this much consciousness that is permanent, stable, eternal, not subject to change, therefore the living of the holy life for the complete destruction of suffering is discerned."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.