Samyuktagama (Sanskrit fragments) 276.49

276.49

答言：「不也，尊者難陀！所以者何？緣油、炷、器然燈，彼油、炷、器悉無常；若無油、無炷、無器，所依燈光亦復隨滅、息、沒、清涼、真實。」

They answered, “No, Venerable Nanda. Why is that? The oil, wick, and container are conditions for the burning lamp. That oil, wick, and container are all impermanent. If there were no oil, wick, or container, the basis for the lamp’s light would as a result cease, stop, disappear, and cool in truth.”