{"collection":"Samyutta Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_sn35.138/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_sn35.138","id":"suttacentral_sn35.138","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/sn35.138/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Early Buddhist Texts","Samyutta Nikaya"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, give up what\u2019s not yours. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness. And what isn\u2019t yours? The eye isn\u2019t yours: give it up. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness. The ear \u2026 nose \u2026 tongue \u2026 body \u2026 mind isn\u2019t yours: give it up. 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\u2019s Grove, or burn them, or do what they want with them. Would you think: \u2018This person is carrying us off, burning us, or doing what they want with us\u2019?\u201d \u201cNo, sir. Why is that? Because  to us that\u2019s neither self nor belonging to self.\u201d \u201cIn the same way, the eye isn\u2019t yours: give it up. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness. The ear \u2026 nose \u2026 tongue \u2026 body \u2026 mind isn\u2019t yours: give it up. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness.\u201d","title":"Not Yours (1st)","tradition":"Samyutta Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":168}