The give-up formula alone, without the simile or narrative frame of the discourse just before it
Length
under 1 minute to read
Northern parallel
A rough counterpart may exist in the Chinese Saṃyukta-āgama (T99), though this reading guide does not assert a specific matching sutra number
Difficulty
★☆☆☆☆ — the shortest form of a formula already met
Why this discourse
This discourse is SN 35.101's own compressed twin, exactly as SN 22.34 already stood beside SN 22.33 in this project's own Book III: the identical give-up formula, run across the same six sense fields, with the Jeta's Grove simile and its narrative frame dropped entirely. Where SN 22.34 closes a pair opening Natumhākavagga's own fourth vagga, this discourse closes the identical pair's reapplication here in Saḷavagga, one book later.
Reading guide
A formula stripped to its bones
Everything the discourse just before this one narrates — the simile, the mendicants' own reply, the “in the same way” reapplication — is gone. What remains is the bare instruction: give up what's not yours, run through the six sense fields.
The identical companion pattern as SN 22.33/34
This project has already met this exact shape once: SN 22.34 stands as SN 22.33's own compressed companion in Book III's Natumhākavagga. This discourse repeats the same relationship to SN 35.101, one book later, for the six sense fields instead of the five aggregates.
Key terms
na tumhākaṁ — “not yours” — the same central claim as the discourse just before this one, here without its simile
hitāya sukhāya — for welfare and happiness — the same phrase repeated after each sense field, unchanged from SN 35.101
saḷāyatana — the six sense fields — this discourse's own target, run through in the same order as its companion
Natumhākavagga — the fourth vagga of this project's own Book III, where SN 22.33 and SN 22.34 already established this exact companion pattern for the five aggregates
saṅkhittena — in brief — the register this discourse adopts throughout, matching SN 22.34's own compression
The text
The complete discourse: the give-up formula run across all six sense fields, without the simile of the discourse before it. Translation: Bhikkhu Sujato (CC0, SuttaCentral).
§1“Mendicants, give up what’s not yours. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness. And what isn’t yours? The eye isn’t yours: give it up. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness. Sights … Eye consciousness … Eye contact … The pleasant, painful, or neutral feeling that arises dependent on mind contact isn’t yours: give it up. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness. Give up what’s not yours. Giving it up will be for your welfare and happiness.”
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Self-check quiz
5 questions. Click an answer to see immediate feedback. No score is recorded — this is for your own checking.
Question 1 of 5
What does this discourse drop, compared to SN 35.101 just before it?
Correct: A. What remains is the bare give-up formula alone.
Question 2 of 5
What earlier pair in this project already established this exact companion pattern?
Correct: A. In Book III's own Natumhākavagga, applied to the five aggregates rather than the six sense fields.
Question 3 of 5
What target does this discourse's own give-up formula run through?
Correct: A. The same target as SN 35.101, its own uncompressed companion.
Question 4 of 5
What phrase repeats after every sense field named, unchanged from SN 35.101?
Correct: A. Hitāya sukhāya — the reason given for giving each field up.
Question 5 of 5
What discourse follows next, closing this vagga and this book's own second paṇṇāsaka?
Correct: A. Saḷavagga's own closing discourse, carrying more than one landmark at once.
