If a woman should light a lamp by day and
put it out by night, you would say she
was quite mad. She could not tell when she was
eating food what it tasted like or whether it was
soft, and with her child on her waist she would
go wandering about in search of it, crying out,
“Alas! Alas!” She would ask people to tell her who
are her husband, children and possessions. If a man
is not conscious what he is himself, how
can he know anything about other people? Tuka
says, When such persons go to hell, who can save
them?
put it out by night, you would say she
was quite mad. She could not tell when she was
eating food what it tasted like or whether it was
soft, and with her child on her waist she would
go wandering about in search of it, crying out,
“Alas! Alas!” She would ask people to tell her who
are her husband, children and possessions. If a man
is not conscious what he is himself, how
can he know anything about other people? Tuka
says, When such persons go to hell, who can save
them?