Thig 5.10 PTS: Thig 112-116- Patacara

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Thig 5.10 PTS: Thig 112-116- Patacara
(I thought:) "Plowing the field with plows, sowing the ground with seed, supporting their wives & children, young men gather up wealth.

So why is it that I, consummate in virtue, a doer of the teacher's bidding, don't gain Unbinding? I'm not lazy or proud."

Washing my feet, I noticed the water.

And in watching it flow from high to low, <p style="text-align:center;">my heart was composed <p style="text-align:center;">like a fine thoroughbred steed.

<p style="text-align:center;">Then taking a lamp, I entered the hut, <p style="text-align:center;">checked the bedding, <p style="text-align:center;">sat down on the bed. <p style="text-align:center;">And taking a pin, I pulled out the wick: <p style="text-align:center;">Like the flame's unbinding <p style="text-align:center;">was the liberation <p style="text-align:center;">of awareness.