Thag 2:16 Mahṅkṅla

- suttas - - evening talks - short morning talks - lectures - guided meditations - talk collections - other themes - chants - - - - à¹à¸à¸¢ - Franā§ais - Espaā±ol - - Portuguāªs - РÑÑÑкий - - - УкÑаÑнÑÑка Submit Search - Home - Suttas - KN - Thag - Thag 2:16 Mahṅkṅla ## Browse Suttas Go to Theragṅthṅ index Thag index ## Thag 2:16  Mahṅkṅla This swarthy woman [preparing a corpse for cremation] —crow-like, enormous— breaking a thigh & then the other thigh, breaking an arm & then the other arm, cracking open the head, like a pot of curds, she sits with them heaped up beside her. Whoever, unknowing, makes acquisitions —the fool— returns over & over to suffering & stress. So, discerning, donât make acquisitions. May I never lie with my head cracked open again. - --> - - - -