Relinquishing what
is Not Ownable induces a quite Calmed Ease!
The Blessed Buddha
once stated:
Bhikkhus, leave whatever is not yours, give it up! Having left it,
relinquished it and
in 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 indeed
lead to your welfare, ease and happiness for a long, long time... Imagine,
Bhikkhus, that
people 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...
Clinging to what never can be kept, is pain... Relinquishing it all, is indeed
happiness...
Source:
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikāya. Book IV 129-30
Section 35: On
The 6 senses. Thread on Not Yours!: 139+40.
http://www.pariyatti.com/book.cgi?prod_id=948507
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/canon/samyutta/index.html
More on Insight (Vipassanā):
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/II/The_18_Principal_Insights.htm
http://What-Buddha-Said.net/drops/IV/Calm_and_Insight.htm
