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Thag 2.32

Sivaka

Sivakattheragāthā

from: The Book of the Twos

Chapter Four

Sivaka

Houses are impermanent—
on and on, life after life.
I’ve been searching for the house-builder—
painful is birth again and again.

I’ve seen you, house-builder!
You won’t build a house again.
Your rafters are all broken,
your ridgepole is shattered.
My mind is without boundaries:
in this very life it will dissipate.

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

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