Guest guest Posted December 17, 2005 Report Share Posted December 17, 2005 Friends: Relinquishing what is Not Ownable induces a quite Calmed Ease! Bhikkhus, leave whatever is not yours, give it up! Having left it, relinquished it andin every respect released it, that will lead to your lasting welfare, ease & happiness!And what is it, Bhikkhus, that is not yours? The eye is not yours... Forms are not yours... The ear is not yours... Sounds are not yours...The nose is not yours... Smells are not yours... The tongue is not yours... Tastes are not yours... The body is not yours... Touches are not yours... The mind is not yours... Mental States are not yours... When you have left it, given it up, relinquished it, & fully released it, that will indeedlead to your welfare, ease and happiness for a long, long time... Imagine, Bhikkhus, thatpeople were to carry off any dry grass, & all sticks, twigs in this forest & burn it all !!!Would you then think: 'People are carrying us all off, and burning us all...' ???No, Sir. Why not? Because that grass is neither our self, nor belonging to our self...!!!Exactly so too, Bhikkhus: The eye is not yours. Forms are not yours. The ear is not yours. Sounds are not yours. The nose is not yours. Smells are not yours. The tongue is not yours. Tastes are not yours. The body is not yours. Touches are not yours. The mind is not yours. Mental States are not yours. These are neither your self nor belonging to any other self!When you have left these, given them all up, released them, and relinquished them, that will indeed lead to your welfare, safety, ease & happiness for a long, long, long time... Comments:All states - internal as external - are wholly empty of any stable & same "ego-self"...Their nature is to arise and cease... Neither can they ever be kept, nor ever owned...Glinging to what never can be kept, is pain... Relinquishing it all, is indeed happiness... Source:The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikaya. Book IV 129-30Section 35: On The 6 senses. Thread on Not Yours!: 139+40. http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html PS: Please include the word Samahita in any comment, since then will my automatic mail filters pick it up and I will see it & respond!! Bhikkhu Samahita, Sri Lanka. Friendship is the Greatest ... Let there be Calm & Free Bliss !!! NEW WEB !!! http://What-Buddha-Said.net Buddha-Direct What_Buddha_Said Dhamma-Questions sent to my email are quite Welcome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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