Milarepa ~ Start your Practice!

A reading of one of Milarepa's songs taken from the text,
Drinking the Mountain Stream: Songs of Tibet's Beloved Saint,
Milarepa. Translated by Brian Cutillo and Kunga Thartse. Milarepa
is one of the most important yogis and spiritual poets in the
Tibetan Buddhist tradition, but very little of his life is known
with any historical certainty. Even the dates of his birth and
death have been notoriously difficult to calculate. In any case,
it is clear that he lived during the eleventh and early-twelfth
centuries, at the advent of the latter dissemination of Buddhism
in Tibet. At his mother's request, Milarepa left home and studied
sorcery to take revenge on their cruel relatives, killing many
people. Later he felt sorrow about his deeds, and became a
student of Marpa the Translator. Eventually, Marpa accepted him,
explaining that the trials were a means to purify Milarepa's
negative karma. Music: "Surrendering to the Flow" by Malte Marten
(with thanks to Malte for his kind permission to use his music).
https://www.youtube.com/@MalteMarten





May whatever goodness arises from these readings/offerings be for
the benefit of all sentient beings.


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