Nāmarūpa (name and form)

Before having poured 
    Water in the glass,
Where was the glass of water?

Subject to dependent origination, 
    As were its constituent parts,
As was the one who poured.

Arising from the causes
   And consequences of  karma,
Its impermanence
    The source of dukkha,
Stemming from attachment. 

Neither existing nor not,
    Before conditioned arising,
As is the one who poured. 

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