SN 22.33 It’s Not Yours – Natumhākasutta

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SN 22.33 It’s Not Yours – Natumhākasutta

Linked Discourses 22.33 – Saṁyutta Nikāya 22.33

4. It’s Not Yours – 4. Natumhākavagga

SN 22.33 It’s Not Yours – Natumhākasutta

 

At Sāvatthī.

Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

Bhikkhū, give up what’s not yours.

“Yaṁ, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ, taṁ pajahatha.

Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness.

Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati.

And what isn’t yours?

Kiñca, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ?

Form isn’t yours: give it up.

Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ, taṁ pajahatha.

Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness.

Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati.

Feeling …

Vedanā na tumhākaṁ, taṁ pajahatha.

Sā vo pahīnā hitāya sukhāya bhavissati.

Perception …

Saññā na tumhākaṁ …

Saṅkhāra

saṅkhārā na tumhākaṁ, te pajahatha.

Te vo pahīnā hitāya sukhāya bhavissanti.

Consciousness isn’t yours: give it up.

Viññāṇaṁ na tumhākaṁ, taṁ pajahatha.

Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness.

Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati.

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.

Seyyathāpi, bhikkhave, yaṁ imasmiṁ jetavane tiṇakaṭṭhasākhāpalāsaṁ taṁ jano hareyya vā ḍaheyya vā yathāpaccayaṁ vā kareyya.

Would you think:

Api nu tumhākaṁ evamassa:

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

‘amhe jano harati vā ḍahati vā yathāpaccayaṁ vā karotī’”ti?

“No, sir.

“No hetaṁ, bhante”.

Why is that?

“Taṁ kissa hetu”?

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

“Na hi no etaṁ, bhante, attā vā attaniyaṁ vā”ti.

“In the same way, bhikkhū, form isn’t yours: give it up.

“Evameva kho, bhikkhave, rūpaṁ na tumhākaṁ, taṁ pajahatha.

Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness.

Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati.

Feeling …

Vedanā na tumhākaṁ, taṁ pajahatha.

Sā vo pahīnā hitāya sukhāya bhavissati.

Perception …

Saññā na tumhākaṁ …

Saṅkhāra

saṅkhārā na tumhākaṁ …

Consciousness isn’t yours: give it up.

viññāṇaṁ na tumhākaṁ, taṁ pajahatha.

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

Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissatī”ti.