Thanissaro Bhikkhu

As for the Buddha, he let go only of the true and false things that appeared in his body and mind.

But he didn't abandon his body and mind.

Which is why he ended up rich, with plenty of wealth to hand down to his descendants.

If we see that the khandhas, the aggregates, are worthless, inconstant,

not self, and all that, and simply let go of them by neglecting them, we're sure to end up poor.

Like a stupid person who feels so repulsed by a festering sore on their body,

that they won't touch it, and so let it go without taking care of it.

As for intelligent people,

They know how to wash their sores, put medicine and bandages on them, so that eventually they're sure to recover.

In the same way, when people see only the drawbacks to the mind and body, the khandhas, without seeing their good side,

And so let them go without putting them to any worthwhile or skillful use.

Nothing good will come of it.

But if we're intelligent enough to see that the mind and body aggregates have their good side as well as their bad, and then put them to good use by meditating to gain discernment,

into physical and mental phenomena.

Once we have the truth, the Dharma, as our wealth, we won't suffer if we have money and we won't suffer if we don't

For as the Buddha said, the Dharma, discernment, is like a lamp.

Our mind, far distant from all forms of trouble and suffering, will stay in the current, flowing on to liberation.

Let my consciousness not be thus.

What do you think, monks?

No, Lord.