Anekajātisaṃsāraṃ

sandhāvissaṃ, anibbisaṃ

gahakāraṃ gavesanto;

dukkhā jāti punappunaṃ.

Gahakāraka! Diṭṭhosi.

Puna gehaṃ na kāhasi.

Sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā,

gahakūṭaṃ visaṅkhataṃ.

Visaṅkhāragataṃ cittaṃ:

taṇhānaṃ khayamajjhagā.

Listen

Through countless births in the cycle of existence

I have run, not finding

although seeking the builder of this house;

and again and again I faced the suffering of new birth.

Oh housebuilder! Now you are seen.

You shall not build a house again for me.

All your beams are broken,

the ridgepole is shattered.

The mind has become freed from conditioning:

the end of craving has been reached.

Dhammapada 11.153, 11.154

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