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Not Yours (1st)

Paṭhamanatumhākasutta

Let go of what is not yours: the six interior sense fields. You wouldn’t be upset if someone took the grass and sticks from the monastery grounds, so why worry over the senses?

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Saṁyutta Nikāya 35.138Linked Discourses 35.138
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0.3PaṭhamanatumhākasuttaNot Yours (1st)

1.1PTS 4.129“Yaṁ, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ taṁ pajahatha.“Mendicants, give up what’s not yours.1.2Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati.Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness.1.3Kiñca, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ?And what isn’t yours?1.4Cakkhu, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ; taṁ pajahatha.The eye isn’t yours: give it up.1.5Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati …pe…Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness.

1.6jivhā na tumhākaṁ; taṁ pajahatha.The ear … nose … tongue … body …1.7Sā vo pahīnā hitāya sukhāya bhavissati …pe…1.8mano na tumhākaṁ; taṁ pajahatha.mind isn’t yours: give it up.1.9So vo pahīno hitāya sukhāya bhavissati.Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness.

1.10Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yaṁ imasmiṁ jetavane tiṇakaṭṭhasākhāpalāsaṁ taṁ jano hareyya vā ḍaheyya vā yathāpaccayaṁ vā kareyya, api nu tumhākaṁ evamassa:Suppose a person was to carry off the grass, sticks, branches, and leaves in this Jeta’s Grove, or burn them, or do what they want with them. Would you think:1.11‘amhe jano harati vā ḍahati vā yathāpaccayaṁ vā karotī’”ti?‘This person is carrying us off, burning us, or doing what they want with us’?”

1.12“No hetaṁ, bhante”.“No, sir.1.13“Taṁ kissa hetu”?Why is that?1.14“Na hi no etaṁ, bhante, attā vā attaniyaṁ vā”ti.Because to us that’s neither self nor belonging to self.”

1.15“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, cakkhu na tumhākaṁ; taṁ pajahatha.“In the same way, the eye isn’t yours: give it up.1.16Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati …pe…Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness.

1.17jivhā na tumhākaṁ; taṁ pajahatha.The ear … nose … tongue … body …1.18Sā vo pahīnā hitāya sukhāya bhavissati …pe…1.19mano na tumhākaṁ; taṁ pajahatha.mind isn’t yours: give it up.1.20So vo pahīno hitāya sukhāya bhavissatī”ti.Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness.”

1.21Pañcamaṁ.