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Thag 2.25

Vītasoka

Vītasokattheragāthā

from: The Book of the Twos

Chapter Three

Vītasoka

The barber approached
to shave my head.
I picked up a mirror
and examined my body.

My body appeared hollow;
I once was blind, but the darkness disappeared.
My fancy hairdo has been cut off:
now there’ll be no more future lives.

Translation: German (Ayyā Sabbamittā), English (Bhikkhu Sujato). Source: SuttaCentral / Bilara (public domain, CC0).

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