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# The History of Buddhist Thought c19.24

The History of Buddhist Thought c19.24

- **Language:** English

### [c19.24](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.religion.thomas-1933.c19.24)

Through worldly round of many births  
I ran my course, but did not find,  
Seeking the builder of the house ;  
Painful is birth again and again.  
House-builder ! I behold thee now,  
Again a house thou shalt not build ;  
All thy rafters are broken now,  
The ridge-pole also is destroyed ;  
My mind, its elements dissolved,  
The end of cravings has attained.¹

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