Passage 26

In English

The mound becomes smaller and smaller as the potter uses the clay to make pots and plates. The pots and plates thus prepared cannot hold water unless they are baked in fire. If you put water in unbaked pots, they will break. Therefore, the potter puts them in the fire and subjects them to the process of refinement. After they are baked in fire, the pots can hold water. The unbaked pots cannot hold water, while the baked pots can hold water. We utilise the pot water for various purposes.