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Thag 1.72

Thag 1.72 Ātuma

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Thag 1.72 - Ātuma
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Verses of the Senior Monks 1.72
The Book of the Ones
Chapter Eight
Ātuma
A young bamboo is hard to extract
when the point is grown and become all woody.
That’s how I feel with the wife who was arranged for me.
Give me permission—now I’ve gone forth.