[From the Seven-Line Supplication to Guru Rinpoche, Instructions, Part 2 of 2 by Bardor Tulku Rinpoche. Translated by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso.] Training in dharma consists of hearing, thinking, and meditating. We start with hearing, and sometimes unfortunately we stop there. When we hear teachings from a lama, we may be very inspired. We may think, […]
]]>[From a teaching on the Mahamudra of Terchen Barway Dorje, Part 2 by Bardor Tulku Rinpoche. Translated by Lama Yeshe Gyamtso.] Jetsun Milarepa, in one of his songs, sang: “There are three nails to meditation. If I explain them: the first is that thoughts are the dharmakaya. The second is that awareness is lucidity. The […]
]]>It occurred to Japhy that he has a binder full of Vajra Dohas that a student of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso gave him. “Rinpoche is considered to be a Milarepa, for his singing of Vajra Dohas. He is easily the most … Continue reading →
If we wish to achieve enlightenment in one brief lifetime like the great yogis, from our own side it can be achieved, unless we are not following the path, not making an attempt to generate the three principal paths and the gradual path of tantra. If we follow these paths, there is no reason why […]
]]>Milarepa sang of five ways to rest the mind in meditation : Rest in a natural way like a small child. Rest like an ocean without waves. Rest within clarity like a candle flame. Rest without self-concerns like a human corpse. Rest unmoving like a mountain.
]]>Mila Sherab Gyaltsen, Milarepa’s father, married Nyangtsa Kargyen,the noble family of Nyang, when he was 21. The couple lived happily and prosperously in the village of Kya Ngatsa. Then some relatives of Mila’s grandfather – an uncle named Yungdrup Gyaltsen and an aunt named Khyung Tsha Pedon – moved to the area. By then, Mila’s […]
]]>Wild flowers extend everywhere
On mountain meadows filled with the sweet smell of
fragrant herbs.
Seeing the gentle deer frolicking from place to place,
I constantly remember the compassion and gentleness
Of the only father guru and the Great Eastern S...
My fear and doubts have vanished like mist
into the distance, never to disturb me again.
I will die content and free from regrets.
This is the fruit of dharma practice.
Milarepa
]]>Worldly affairs are all deceptive; So I seek the truth Divine. Excitements and distractions are illusions; So I meditate on the non-dual Truth. Companions and servants are deceptive; So I remain in solitude. Money and possessions are also deceptive; So if I have them, I give them away. Things in the outer world are all [...]
If one does not realize the nature of non-sickness, the suffering of sickness is inconceivable.
Milarepa