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**remstaling** · 10-03-2010, 06:19 AM

Suñña Sutta: Empty. SN 35.85

And what is empty of a self or of anything pertaining to a self? The eye is empty of a self or of anything pertaining to a self. Forms... Eye-consciousness... Eye-contact is empty of a self or of anything pertaining to a self.

"The ear is empty...

"The nose is empty...

"The tongue is empty...

"The body is empty...

"The intellect is empty of a self or of anything pertaining to a self. Ideas... Intellect-consciousness... Intellect-contact is empty of a self or of anything pertaining to a self. Thus it is said that the world is empty."

http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipit....085.than.html

Hi

The above is certainly an emphatic statement of ultimate truth. However, I find the discourse below a more gentle way of into easing into the practise of emptiness. For me, it has always held a certain resonance.

Kind regards

E

"Whatever is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit. And what is not yours?

"The eye is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit. Forms are not yours... Eye-consciousness is not yours... Eye-contact is not yours... Whatever arises in dependence on eye-contact, experienced either as pleasure, as pain, or as neither-pleasure-nor-pain, that too is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit.

"The ear is not yours: let go of it...

"The nose is not yours: let go of it...

"The tongue is not yours: let go of it...

"The body is not yours: let go of it...

"The mind is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit. Ideas are not yours...
Mind-consciousness is not yours... Mind-contact is not yours... Whatever arises in dependence on mind-contact, experienced either as pleasure, as pain, or as neither-pleasure-nor-pain, that too is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit.

"Suppose a person were to gather or burn or do as he likes with the grass, twigs, branches, & leaves here in Jeta's Grove. Would the thought occur to you: 'It is us that this person is gathering, burning, or doing with as he likes'?"

"No, lord. Why is that? Because those things are not our self nor do they pertain to our self."

"In the same way, monks, the eye is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit... The ear... The nose... The tongue... The body... The mind is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit... Whatever arises in dependence on mind-contact, experienced either as pleasure, as pain, or as neither-pleasure-nor-pain, that too is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit."

Na Tumhaka Sutta: Not Yours

10-03-2010, 06:19 AM	#17
remstaling Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 442 Senior Member	Suñña Sutta: Empty. SN 35.85 And what is empty of a self or of anything pertaining to a self? The eye is empty of a self or of anything pertaining to a self. Forms... Eye-consciousness... Eye-contact is empty of a self or of anything pertaining to a self. "The ear is empty... "The nose is empty... "The tongue is empty... "The body is empty... "The intellect is empty of a self or of anything pertaining to a self. Ideas... Intellect-consciousness... Intellect-contact is empty of a self or of anything pertaining to a self. Thus it is said that the world is empty." http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipit....085.than.html Hi The above is certainly an emphatic statement of ultimate truth. However, I find the discourse below a more gentle way of into easing into the practise of emptiness. For me, it has always held a certain resonance. Kind regards E "Whatever is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit. And what is not yours? "The eye is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit. Forms are not yours... Eye-consciousness is not yours... Eye-contact is not yours... Whatever arises in dependence on eye-contact, experienced either as pleasure, as pain, or as neither-pleasure-nor-pain, that too is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit. "The ear is not yours: let go of it... "The nose is not yours: let go of it... "The tongue is not yours: let go of it... "The body is not yours: let go of it... "The mind is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit. Ideas are not yours... Mind-consciousness is not yours... Mind-contact is not yours... Whatever arises in dependence on mind-contact, experienced either as pleasure, as pain, or as neither-pleasure-nor-pain, that too is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit. "Suppose a person were to gather or burn or do as he likes with the grass, twigs, branches, & leaves here in Jeta's Grove. Would the thought occur to you: 'It is us that this person is gathering, burning, or doing with as he likes'?" "No, lord. Why is that? Because those things are not our self nor do they pertain to our self." "In the same way, monks, the eye is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit... The ear... The nose... The tongue... The body... The mind is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit... Whatever arises in dependence on mind-contact, experienced either as pleasure, as pain, or as neither-pleasure-nor-pain, that too is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit." Na Tumhaka Sutta: Not Yours
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