ng, or doing with as he likesâ?" "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 isnât 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 intellectâs not yours: Let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit⦠Whatever arises in dependence on intellect-contact—experienced either as pleasure, as pain, or as neither-pleasure-nor-pain—that too isnât yours: Let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit." See also: MN 22; SN 35:69; SN 42:11 - --> - - - -