It’s Not YoursNatumhākasutta

At Sāvatthī.Sāvatthinidānaṁ.

“Mendicants, 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.

Perception …Saññā na tumhākaṁ …

Choices …saṅkhārā na tumhākaṁ, te pajahatha.

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 to us that’s neither self nor belonging to self.”“Na hi no etaṁ, bhante, attā vā attaniyaṁ vā”ti.

“In the same way, mendicants, 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.

Perception …Saññā na tumhākaṁ …

Choices …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.