A bhikkhu once asked him: 'Sir, is there a case where one is tormented when something permanent within oneself is not found?'
'Yes, bhikkhu, there is, ' answered the Buddha. 'A man has the following view: "The universe is that Ātman, I shall be that after death, permanent, abiding, ever-lasting, unchanging, and I shall exist as such for eternity". He hears the Tathāgata or a disciple of his, preaching the doctrine aiming at the complete destruction of all speculative views aiming at the extinction of "thirst", aiming at detachment, cessation, Nirvāna. Then that man thinks: "I will be annihilated, I will be destroyed, I will be no more." So he mourns, worries himself, laments, weeps, beating his breast, and becomes bewildered. Thus, O bhikkhu, there is a case where one is tormented when something permanent within oneself is not found."
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'Yes, bhikkhu, there is, ' answered the Buddha. 'A man has the following view: "The universe is that Ātman, I shall be that after death, permanent, abiding, ever-lasting, unchanging, and I shall exist as such for eternity". He hears the Tathāgata or a disciple of his, preaching the doctrine aiming at the complete destruction of all speculative views aiming at the extinction of "thirst", aiming at detachment, cessation, Nirvāna. Then that man thinks: "I will be annihilated, I will be destroyed, I will be no more." So he mourns, worries himself, laments, weeps, beating his breast, and becomes bewildered. Thus, O bhikkhu, there is a case where one is tormented when something permanent within oneself is not found."
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Hope that makes sense!