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# Thag 2:32 · Sivaka
- URL: https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/thag-2-32/
- Published: 2026-06-01T00:58:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-13T16:58:46.000Z
- Description: Theragāthā · Thag 2:32. Translated by Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu.
- Author: Ninth Heaven Literature & Arts Association (NHLAA)
- Tags: Buddhism, Sutta Piṭaka, Text, Indian, The Elder Monks, Ṭhānissaro Bhikkhu, Theragāthā, Verse, Pali, Early Buddhist, Library

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](https://www.dhammatalks.org/suttas/KN/Thag/thag2%5F32.html?ref=journal.ninthheaven.co)

Note

1\. Compare [Dhp 153–154](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/dhp-11/):

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

See also: [Thag 1:57](https://www.journal.ninthheaven.co/civilisation/trad-buddhism/thag-1-57/)

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