1“Mendicants, give up what’s not yours. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness. And what isn’t yours?

The eye isn’t yours: give it up. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness. Sights … Eye consciousness … Eye contact … The pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by eye contact isn’t yours: give it up. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness.

2The ear … nose … tongue … body …

3The mind isn’t yours: give it up. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness. Thoughts … Mind consciousness … Mind contact … The pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by mind contact isn’t yours: give it up. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness.

4Suppose 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: ‘This person is carrying us off, burning us, or doing what they want with us?’”

5“No, sir.

6Why is that?

7Because that’s neither self nor belonging to self.”

8“In the same way, the eye isn’t yours: give it up. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness. … The pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises conditioned by mind contact isn’t yours: give it up. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness.”

1"Yaṁ, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ, taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Kiñca, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ?

Cakkhu, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Rūpā na tumhākaṁ. Te pajahatha. Te vo pahīnā hitāya sukhāya bhavissanti. Cakkhuviññāṇaṁ na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Cakkhusamphasso na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. So vo pahīno hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. … pe …

2Jivhā na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. Sā vo pahīnā hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Rasā na tumhākaṁ. Te pajahatha. Te vo pahīnā hitāya sukhāya bhavissanti. Jivhāviññāṇaṁ na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Jivhāsamphasso na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. So vo pahīno hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Yampidaṁ jivhāsamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati … pe … .

3Mano na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. So vo pahīno hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Dhammā na tumhākaṁ. Te pajahatha. Te vo pahīnā hitāya sukhāya bhavissanti. Manoviññāṇaṁ na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Manosamphasso na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. So vo pahīno hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati.

4Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yaṁ imasmiṁ jetavane tiṇakaṭṭhasākhāpalāsaṁ taṁ jano hareyya vā ḍaheyya vā yathāpaccayaṁ vā kareyya, api nu tumhākaṁ evamassa: ‘amhe jano harati vā ḍahati vā yathāpaccayaṁ vā karotī’"ti?

5"No hetaṁ, bhante".

6"Taṁ kissa hetu"?

7"Na hi no etaṁ, bhante, attā vā attaniyaṁ vā"ti.

8"Evameva kho, bhikkhave, cakkhu na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Rūpā na tumhākaṁ … cakkhuviññāṇaṁ … cakkhusamphasso … pe … yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissatī"ti.

Aṭṭhamaṁ.