Milarepa
Jetsun Milarepa
1052-1135 • Tibetan
Buddhism
Tibetan yogi and poet, one of the most revered saints of the Kagyu lineage. After a youth of dark deeds, he undertook ferocious solitary practice in mountain caves and attained enlightenment in a single lifetime. The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa preserve his spontaneous teachings in verse.
Key Works
- Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa
- Life of Milarepa
108
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Quotes by Milarepa
108 quotes“My food was the nettle of the mountain; my drink was the stream's pure water.”
austerityLife of Milarepa
“The cave was my house; the cloth on my back was my only garment.”
simplicityLife of Milarepa
“Yet I was richer than any king.”
wealthLife of Milarepa
“For my mind had touched the Buddha.”
realizationLife of Milarepa
“Listen, listen, my heart-son! All things in samsara are without essence.”
emptinessSongs of Milarepa
“Like the rainbow, beautiful but ungraspable.”
impermanenceSongs of Milarepa
“Like the dream's lover, gone on waking.”
impermanenceSongs of Milarepa
“Like the lake's reflection, never the lake.”
reflectionSongs of Milarepa
“My guru's instructions are the staff that lifts the lame; the lamp that lights the dark; the boat that crosses the river.”
guidanceSongs of Milarepa
“Without my guru, I would have been lost.”
gratitudeSongs of Milarepa
“To remember him is to remember the path.”
remembranceSongs of Milarepa
“Devotion is the gateway to all attainment.”
devotionSongs of Milarepa
“Without it, even the swiftest practitioner stumbles.”
devotionSongs of Milarepa
“With it, even the slowest finds the way.”
devotionSongs of Milarepa
“Solitude is the soil of awakening.”
solitudeSongs of Milarepa
“In the noise of the village, no flower of insight blooms.”
silenceSongs of Milarepa
“The cave's quiet is the temple of the heart.”
silenceSongs of Milarepa
“There the mind settles like a clear lake.”
stillnessSongs of Milarepa
“Then the great freedom dawns.”
freedomSongs of Milarepa
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