Sutta Reference - Sound and musical instruments metaphors in the Suttas I am looking for a specific sutta wherein the conditionality and insubstantiality of the existential process of a sentient being, or consciousness, is made plain by use of the simile of a resonating musical instrument being struck by the player's hand, the sound of which, resonating for awhile, then slowly fades away.

Any references, anyone ?

Thanks :)
This is a partial index of the similes and metaphors that appear in the suttas available at Access to Insight (/ZzE). Only the imagery that illustrates points of Dhamma is included here; imagery that serves primarily a literary or narrative function is not included (e.g., Ambapali's description of her long-lost youthful beauty). The subject of each image is given in the braces {}. The tilde (~) stands for the head-word in a given entry... Index of Similes


Tuning a stringed instrument:
{right effort} AN 6.55

Meta-ontopic-Drum:


  "Thus you should train yourselves: 'We will listen when discourses that are words of the Tathagata — deep, deep in their meaning, transcendent, connected with emptiness — are being recited. We will lend ear, will set our hearts on knowing them, will regard these teachings as worth grasping &amp; mastering.' That's how you should train yourselves." - Ani Sutta: The Peg/Drum


In reagard of the meaning behind in proper context:

Painting of a woman or man:
{not-self} SN 22.100; {nutriment} SN 12.64 

May it be of the origins use for you, Fabien