Samyuktagama (Sanskrit fragments) 276.48

276.48

尊者難陀告諸比丘尼：「汝於此義應如是觀察：『此六愛身如實無我。』姊妹！譬因膏油、因炷，燈明得然；彼油無常，炷亦無常，火亦無常，器亦無常。若有作是言：『無油、無炷、無火、無器，而所依起燈光，常、恒、住、不變易。』作是說者，為等說不？」

Venerable Nanda said to the nuns, “Good, good! You should observe this subject in this way: ‘There truly is no self [observed] in these six groups of craving.’ Sisters, it’s just as oil and a wick are the reasons that a lamp can be lit. That oil is impermanent. The wick, flame, and container are impermanent, too. Suppose someone says, ‘Without the oil, wick, flame, or container, there is a basis that produces the lamp’s light, which is permanent, eternal, lasting, and unchanging’? Would that speaker be speaking correctly?”