1"Bhikkhus, whatever is not yours, abandon it. [n.85] This sutta and the next parallel 22:33–34. See III, n. 46. When you have abandoned it, that will lead to your welfare and happiness. And what is it, bhikkhus, that is not yours? The eye is not yours: abandon it. When you have abandoned it, that will lead to your welfare and happiness. Forms are not yours … Eye-consciousness is not yours … Eye-contact is not yours … Whatever feeling arises with eye-contact as condition—whether pleasant or painful or neither-painful-nor-pleasant—that too is not yours: abandon it. When you have abandoned it, that will lead to your welfare and happiness.

2"The ear is not yours … sn.iv.82 …

3The mind is not yours … Whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition … that too is not yours: abandon it. When you have abandoned it, that will lead to your welfare and happiness.

4"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’?"

5"No, venerable sir.

6For what reason?

7Because, venerable sir, that is neither our self nor what belongs to our self."

8"So too, bhikkhus, the eye is not yours … Whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition … that too is not yours: abandon it. When you have abandoned it, that will lead to your welfare and happiness."

1"Yaṁ, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ, taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Kiñca, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ? Cakkhu, bhikkhave, na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Rūpā na tumhākaṁ. Te pajahatha. Te vo pahīnā hitāya sukhāya bhavissanti. Cakkhuviññāṇaṁ na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Cakkhusamphasso na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. So vo pahīno hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Yampidaṁ cakkhusamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. … pe …

2Jivhā na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. Sā vo pahīnā hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Rasā na tumhākaṁ. Te pajahatha. Te vo pahīnā hitāya sukhāya bhavissanti. Jivhāviññāṇaṁ na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Jivhāsamphasso na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. So vo pahīno hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Yampidaṁ jivhāsamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati … pe … .

3Mano na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. So vo pahīno hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Dhammā na tumhākaṁ. Te pajahatha. Te vo pahīnā hitāya sukhāya bhavissanti. Manoviññāṇaṁ na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Manosamphasso na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. So vo pahīno hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati.

4Seyyathāpi, 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?

5"No hetaṁ, bhante".

6"Taṁ kissa hetu"?

7"Na hi no etaṁ, bhante, attā vā attaniyaṁ vā"ti.

8"Evameva kho, bhikkhave, cakkhu na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissati. Rūpā na tumhākaṁ … cakkhuviññāṇaṁ … cakkhusamphasso … pe … yampidaṁ manosamphassapaccayā uppajjati vedayitaṁ sukhaṁ vā dukkhaṁ vā adukkhamasukhaṁ vā tampi na tumhākaṁ. Taṁ pajahatha. Taṁ vo pahīnaṁ hitāya sukhāya bhavissatī"ti.

Aṭṭhamaṁ.