Milarepa
Milarepa
UJetsun Milarepais generally considered one of Tibet's most famous yogis and poets. He was a student of Marpa Lotsawa, and a major figure in the history of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism...
ProfessionPoet
practice realization
Do not entertain hopes for realization, but practice all your life..
shining gaps
In the gap between thoughts nonconceptual wisdom shines continuously.
buddhist hate long
If one stays too long with friends They will soon tire of him; Living in such closeness leads to dislike and hate. It is but human to expect and demand too much When one dwells too long in companionship.
haste awareness
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
determination practice profound
The affairs of the world will go on forever, do not delay the practice of meditation. Once you have met with the profound instructions from a meditation master, with single pointed determination, set about realizing the Truth.
compassion race wind
In harvesting of evil deeds, the human race is busy; and doing so is to taste the pangs of Hell . . . The piling up of wealth is the piling up of others' property; what one thus storeth formeth but provisions for one's enemies... I wash off human scandal by devotion true; and by my zeal, I satisfy the Deities. By compassion, I subdue the demons; all blame I scatter to the wind, and upward turn my face.
buddhist emptiness compassionate
Know emptiness, Be compassionate.
deceiving
My religion is not deceiving myself.
desire needs
I need nothing. I seek nothing. I desire nothing.
buddhist water desire
Desires achieved increase thirst like salt water.
practice superficial dharma
In brief, without being mindful of death, whatever Dharma practices you take up will be merely superficial.
wind this-life aim
To attain Buddhahood ... we must scatter this life's aims and objects to the wind.
fog appearance should
One should see that all appearance is like mist and fog.
lowest highest
Take the lowest place, and you shall reach the highest.