Not Yours (2nd)

Dutiyanatumhākasutta

Let go of what is not yours: the six exterior 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 35.139Linked Discourses 35.139
0.214. Devadahavagga14. At Devadaha

0.3DutiyanatumhākasuttaNot Yours (2nd)

1.1“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?1.4Rūpā, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ;Sights aren’t yours: give them up.1.5te pajahatha. Te vo pahīnā hitāya sukhāya bhavissanti.Giving them up will be for your welfare and happiness.

1.6Saddā …Sounds,1.7gandhā …smells,1.8rasā …tastes,1.9phoṭṭhabbā …touches,1.10dhammā na tumhākaṁ; te pajahatha.and ideas aren’t yours: give them up.1.11Te vo pahīnā hitāya sukhāya bhavissanti.Giving them up will be for your welfare and happiness.

1.12Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yaṁ imasmiṁ jetavane tiṇakaṭṭha …pe…Suppose a person was to carry off the grass, sticks, branches, and leaves in this Jeta’s Grove …

1.13evameva kho, bhikkhave, rūpā na tumhākaṁ; te pajahatha.In the same way, sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas aren’t yours: give them up.1.14Te vo pahīnā hitāya sukhāya bhavissantī”ti ….Giving them up will be for your welfare and happiness.”

1.15Chaṭṭhaṁ.