Dhammapada Verse 285

Suvannakaratthera Vatthu

Ucchinda sinehamattano

kumudam saradikamva panina
santimaggameva1 bruhaya
Nibbanam sugatena desitam.

The Buddha's Advice to Meghiya

'"Meghiya, in one whose awareness-release is still immature, these are the five qualities that bring it to maturity.

Meditate to get "rid" of things

Na Tumhaka Sutta, SN35:101

"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 intellect is not yours: let go of it. Your letting go of it will be for your long-term happiness & benefit. Ideas are not yours... Intellect-consciousness is not yours... Intellect-contact is not yours... Whatever arises in dependence on intellect-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."

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The Dhammapada

Metta— Ajahn Sundara & Ajahn Candasiri, Friends on the Path

During his lifetime, the Buddha established the Fourfold Assembly (the community of monks, nuns, laymen and laywomen) as a social structure that would facilitate the cultivation and maintenance of the qualities of mindfulness and consideration of others. However whether we go forth as monks or nuns or live as householders one thing is clear: it’s likely to take time. This practice has to be developed and worked at over a lifetime.