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1.118 Kimbila#

As if sent by a curse,1
it drops on us—
aging.
The body seems other,
though it’s still the same one.
I’m still here
& have never been absent from it,
but I remember myself
as if somebody else’s.

Notes#

See also: Thig 13:1

  1. Reading abhisatto with the Sinhalese and Burmese editions. The Thai and PTS have abhisattho, “ordered.” ↩︎

Translation © Thanissaro Bhikkhu, from dhammatalks.org, licensed under CC BY 4.0.