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Thag 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
Note
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