2.25 Vītasoka#

The barber approached
To shave my head.
I picked up a mirror
And looked at my body.

My body looked vacant;
I was blind, but the darkness left me.
My fancy hairdo has been cut off:
Now there is no more rebirth
Into any state of existence.

Notes#

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