Natumhākasutta — Reader

It’s Not Yours

Natumhākasutta

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

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

Form isn’t yours: give it up. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness. Feeling …

Rūpaṁ, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ, taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Vedanā na tumhākaṁ, taṁ pajahatha. Sā vo pahīnā hitāya sukhāya bhavissati.

Perception … Choices … Consciousness isn’t yours: give it up.

Saññā na tumhākaṁ … saṅkhārā na tumhākaṁ, te pajahatha. Te vo pahīnā hitāya sukhāya bhavissanti. Viññāṇaṁ na tumhākaṁ, taṁ pajahatha.

Giving it 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, 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’?”

Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Seyyathāpi, 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?

“No, sir. Why is that? Because to us that’s neither self nor belonging to self.” “In the same way, mendicants, form isn’t yours: give it up.

“No hetaṁ, bhante”. “Taṁ kissa hetu”? “Na hi no etaṁ, bhante, attā vā attaniyaṁ vā”ti. “Evameva kho, bhikkhave, rūpaṁ na tumhākaṁ, taṁ pajahatha.

Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness. Feeling … Perception …

Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Vedanā na tumhākaṁ, taṁ pajahatha. Sā vo pahīnā hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Saññā na tumhākaṁ …

Choices … Consciousness isn’t yours: give it up. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness.”

saṅkhārā na tumhākaṁ … viññāṇaṁ na tumhākaṁ, taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissatī”ti. Paṭhamaṁ.