[149] "Bhikkhus, whatever is not yours, abandon it. When you have abandoned it, that will be for your welfare and happiness. And what, bhikkhus, is not yours? The eye, bhikkhus, is not yours: abandon it. When you have abandoned it, that will be for your welfare and happiness. Forms are not yours: abandon them. When you have abandoned them, that will be for your welfare and happiness. Eye-consciousness is not yours: abandon it. When you have abandoned it, that will be for your welfare and happiness. Eye-contact (samphassa) is not yours: abandon it. When you have abandoned it, that will be for your welfare and happiness. Whatever feeling (vedanā) arises with eye-contact as condition — whether pleasant, painful, or neither-painful-nor-pleasant — that too is not yours: abandon it. When you have abandoned it, that will be for your welfare and happiness. …
"The tongue is not yours: abandon it. When you have abandoned it, that will be for your welfare and happiness. Tastes are not yours: abandon them. When you have abandoned them, that will be for your welfare and happiness. Tongue-consciousness is not yours: abandon it. When you have abandoned it, that will be for your welfare and happiness. Tongue-contact is not yours: abandon it. When you have abandoned it, that will be for your welfare and happiness. Whatever feeling arises with tongue-contact as condition — whether pleasant, painful, or neither-painful-nor-pleasant — that too is not yours: abandon it. When you have abandoned it, that will be for your welfare and happiness.
"The mind (mano) is not yours: abandon it. When you have abandoned it, that will be for your welfare and happiness. Mental phenomena (dhammā) are not yours: abandon them. When you have abandoned them, that will be for your welfare and happiness. Mind-consciousness is not yours: abandon it. When you have abandoned it, that will be for your welfare and happiness. Mind-contact is not yours: abandon it. When you have abandoned it, that will be for your welfare and happiness. Whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition — whether pleasant, painful, or neither-painful-nor-pleasant — that too is not yours: abandon it. When you have abandoned it, that will be for your welfare and happiness.
"Suppose, bhikkhus, people were to carry off the grass, sticks, branches, and foliage in this Jeta's Grove, or burn them, or do with them as they see fit. Would it occur to you: 'People are carrying us off, or burning us, or doing with us as they see fit'?"
"No indeed, venerable sir."
"For what reason?"
"Because, venerable sir, that is neither our self nor what belongs to our self."
"So too, bhikkhus, the eye is not yours: abandon it. When you have abandoned it, that will be for your welfare and happiness. Forms are not yours. Eye-consciousness … eye-contact … Whatever feeling arises with mind-contact as condition — whether pleasant, painful, or neither-painful-nor-pleasant — that too is not yours: abandon it. When you have abandoned it, that will be for your welfare and happiness."
The eighth.
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.