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
heart creativity blessing
Expressing one's creativity in the service of meditation, you help create a special space where hearts can open and people can receive the many blessings. For a musician, a creator, this is ultimately fulfilling.
heart night men
One day Nivedano, Osho's beloved drummer, walked up and said: "Hey man! Did you hear? Last night your master was talking about you again!" . I could see Nivedano was thrilled. Whenever someone in the Commune got a little extra nod from Osho, it would spread to every heart like wildfire and everyone would enjoy by association. Such was the intimacy of the Commune. At first, I thought Nivedano was just teasing, but my heart told me otherwise. I knew something amazing in the life of a disciple was happening, again. The master had smiled at me.
heart laughing giving
Seeing [Osho] laugh would just melt my heart. I would ask him things like "Beloved Master, are you just pulling my big toe?" and he would laugh and then proceed to give the most amazing answer, one that always seemed to perfectly suit the occasion. And at the same time find its mark in me!
heart people musician
Osho knows my heart. And he knows the hearts of everyone of his musicians, of each of his people in fact.
week
I had been at the Ranch about a year when we opened a nightclub in Portland, Oregon called Zorba the Buddha, where I played in a band every week for one-and-a-half years.
moved
In 1980, Osho left India for America. I, like many other sannyasins, moved to Oregon where work had begun on the 'new commune'. Osho named it Rajneeshpuram.
enough
It felt more than enough just to be in the [Osho] presence.
waiting flight boundaries
I was in England waiting for a flight to India, when I received a message from Shunyo (already in Bombay at this point) that Osho had answered one of my questions during the previous night's discourse. On hearing this, I experienced a love that knows no boundaries, no time.
individual
[Osho] discourses took on more and more the flavor of Zen and it was clear he wanted each of us to become our own individual, not dependent on anybody else. Including him! Nor dependent on anything, even the Commune.
gratitude giving joy
[Osho] knows our love arises from very deep feelings of gratitude. He knows we only want to do our best, to give our best to him, all that we are capable of, as this is our joy.
rumor tease
Osho reported at the end of discourse he had heard a rumor I was going to England. When asked by someone what he thought he said, "All I can say is God save the Queen." Osho certainly loved to tease me.
laughing advice trying
Osho would do mischievous things like sign my name to someone else's question. Or take my question and sign it with someone else's name! Sometimes he would laugh just hearing my name read. At other times, he would appear stern and administer a 'hit'. I could never predict what he was going to do, nor how he would react. Want some advice? Never try to second-guess the master.
rainbow
By late 1989, the Commune was flowering again in all dimensions. Like a rainbow.
sometimes mice
Sometimes I experienced [Osho] like a lion, playing with me, a small mouse.