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2.32 Sivaka#

Inconstant little houses:
now here,
now there, again
& again,
I sought the house-builder.
Painful is birth, again
& again.
House-builder, you’re seen!
You will not build a house again.
All your rafters are broken,
and your gables torn down.
Released from restriction, the mind
will
be blown out
right here.1

Notes#

See also: Thag 1:57

  1. Compare Dhp 153–154: Through the round of many births I roamed
    without reward,
    without rest,
    seeking the house-builder.
    Painful is birth again
    & again.
    House-builder, you’re seen!
    You will not build a house again.
    All your rafters broken,
    the roof plate destroyed,
    immersed what’s without limits, the mind
    will
    diffuse
    right here ↩︎

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