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Natumhasutta

Not Yours

Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati.
At Sāvatthī.

“Nāyaṁ, bhikkhave, kāyo tumhākaṁ napi aññesaṁ.
“Mendicants, this body doesn’t belong to you or to anyone else.

Purāṇamidaṁ, bhikkhave, kammaṁ abhisaṅkhataṁ abhisañcetayitaṁ vedaniyaṁ daṭṭhabbaṁ.
It’s old deeds, and should be seen as produced by choices and intentions, as something to be felt.

Tatra kho, bhikkhave, sutavā ariyasāvako paṭiccasamuppādaññeva sādhukaṁ yoniso manasi karoti:
A learned noble disciple carefully and rationally applies the mind to dependent origination itself:

‘iti imasmiṁ sati idaṁ hoti, imassuppādā idaṁ uppajjati;
‘When this exists, that is; due to the arising of this, that arises.

imasmiṁ asati idaṁ na hoti, imassa nirodhā idaṁ nirujjhati, yadidaṁ—
When this doesn’t exist, that is not; due to the cessation of this, that ceases. That is:

avijjāpaccayā saṅkhārā;
Ignorance is a condition for choices.

saṅkhārapaccayā viññāṇaṁ …pe…
Choices are a condition for consciousness. …

evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa samudayo hoti.
That is how this entire mass of suffering originates.

Avijjāya tveva asesavirāganirodhā saṅkhāranirodho;
When ignorance fades away and ceases with nothing left over, choices cease.

saṅkhāranirodhā viññāṇanirodho …pe…
When choices cease, consciousness ceases. …

evametassa kevalassa dukkhakkhandhassa nirodho hotī’”ti.
That is how this entire mass of suffering ceases.’”

Sattamaṁ.