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Dhammapada · 11.9

Gahakāraka diṭṭhosi, puna gehaṃ na kāhasi;Sabbā te phāsukā bhaggā, gahakūṭaṃ visaṅkhataṃ;Visaṅkhāragataṃ cittaṃ, taṇhānaṃ khayamajjhagā.

Gahakaraka ditthosi, puna geham na kahasi; Sabba te phasuka bhagga, gahakutam visankhatam; Visankharagatam cittam, tanhanam khayamajjhaga.

House-builder! You are seen! You shall not build the house again. All your rafters are broken; the ridge-pole is shattered. The mind has gone to the Unconstructed; reached the end of craving.

— Dhammapada 11.9

Source: Pali text from the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pali Canon (oldest extant Buddhist scripture, compiled c. 3rd century BCE). Public-domain English readings drawn from F. Max Müller's translation in Sacred Books of the East, Vol X (1881) and the Buddhist Publication Society's freely-licensed Acharya Buddharakkhita rendering.

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