임종을 앞두고 없음이라는 알쏭달쏭한 답변 즉 공에 대한 통찰을 의미하는 을 남긴 고행자 스승에 관한 이야기로, 제자들은 오해했으나 훗날 사리불(Sāriputta)로 밝혀진 수제자가 그 뜻을 밝혀준 자타카.

A Jātaka about a dying ascetic teacher whose cryptic reply of “nothing” — meaning insight into emptiness — was misunderstood by his disciples until his chief disciple, later identified with Sāriputta, clarified its meaning.