Linked Discourses 35.139

1. At Devadaha

Not Yours (2nd)

“Mendicants, give up what’s not yours.

Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness.

And what isn’t yours?

Sights aren’t yours: give them up.

Giving them up will be for your welfare and happiness.

Sounds,

smells,

tastes,

touches,

and ideas aren’t yours: give them up.

Giving them up will be for your welfare and happiness.

Suppose a person was to carry off the grass, sticks, branches, and leaves in this Jeta’s Grove …

In the same way, sights, sounds, smells, tastes, touches, and ideas aren’t yours: give them up.

Giving them up will be for your welfare and happiness.”