People are intent on the idea of
‘I-making’
and attached to the idea of
‘other-making.’
Some don’t realize this,
nor do they see it as an arrow.
But to one who,
having extracted this arrow,
sees,
[the thought] ‘I am doing,’1 doesn’t occur;
‘Another is doing,’ doesn’t occur.
This human race is
possessed by conceit
bound by conceit,
tied down by conceit.
Speaking hurtfully because of their views
they don’t go beyond
the wandering-on.
Notes
1. See Ud 1:1, note 3.
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