Saɱyutta Nikāya
3. Khandha Vagga
22. Khandha Saɱyutta
4. Na-Tumhāka Vagga
The Connected Discourses of the Buddha
Part II.
The Book of the Aggregates Khandha-Vagga
22. Connected Discourses on the Aggregates
IV. Not Yours
Sutta 33
Paṭhama Na Tumhāka Suttaɱ
Not Yours
Translated by Bhikkhu Bodhi
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"Bhikkhus, whatever is not yours, abandon it.
When you have abandoned it, that will lead to your welfare and happiness.
And what is it, bhikkhus, that is not yours?
Form is not yours: abandon it.
When you have abandoned it, that will lead to your welfare and happiness.
Feeling is not yours ...
Perception is not yours ...
[34] Volitional formations are not yours ...
Consciousness is not yours: abandon it.
When you have abandoned it, that will lead to your welfare and happiness.
"Suppose, bhikkhus, people were to carry off the grass, sticks, branches, and foliage in this Jeta's Grove, or to burn them, or to do with them as they wish.
Would you think:
'People are carrying us off, or burning us, or doing with us as they wish'?"
"No, venerable sir.
For what reason?
Because, venerable sir, that is neither our self nor what belongs to our self."
"So too, bhikkhus, form is not yours ... consciousness is not yours: abandon it.
When you have abandoned it, that will lead to your welfare and happiness."
