Thag 2.16 PTS: Thag 151-152- Mahakala

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Thag 2.16 PTS: Thag 151-152- Mahakala
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, <p style="text-align:center;">don't make acquisitions. <p style="text-align:center;">May I never lie <p style="text-align:center;">with my head cracked open <p style="text-align:center;">again.