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Pheṇapiṇḍūpama Sutta

Sutta

A discourse given on the bank of the Ganges at Ayojjhā comparing the body, feelings, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness respectively to a lump of foam, a water bubble, a mirage, a plantain trunk, and a magician’s illusion.

While the Buddha was staying at Ayojjhā on the bank of the Ganges.

Like a lump of foam, a water bubble or a mirage, the trunk of a plantain tree, and the vision conjured up by a magician are, respectively, the body, feelings, perceptions, mental formations, and consciousness, unreal, having no excuse. S.iii.140 f.

SN 22.95

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