"Form, Ananda, is impermanent, conditioned, dependently arisen, subject to destruction, to vanishing, to fading away, to cessation. Through its cessation, cessation is spoken of. Feeling is impermanent ... Perception is impermanent ... Volitional formations are impermanent ... Consciousness is impermanent, conditioned, dependently arisen, subject to destruction, to vanishing, to fading away, to cessation. Through its cessation, cessation is spoken of. It is through the cessation of these things, Ananda, that cessation is spoken of."lowlydog wrote:Prove it.asunthatneversets wrote:Buddhism definitely refutes the idea that consciousness is permanent and eternal.
Samyutta-nikâya, 22:21