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
musician opinion
If you are a musician, in my opinion there is no greater experience than to play for one's master. It is the highest calling.
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.
I must say, it felt great to be back in India. It was so much more relaxed than the West had been.
strong meditation mind
In the beginning, my mind and its strategies to avoid meditation were very strong. I spent a lot of time and energy circling around the periphery of the Commune, Osho, and myself.
dark doubt lifetime
I knew without a doubt I had found what I had been searching for my whole life, perhaps lifetimes. I was groping in the dark, but I had seen a glimpse, a light, a possibility.
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.
people atmosphere moved
Moved to Oregon was a big shift for many people, a huge change in the atmosphere from our idyllic life in India as orange-robed meditators, where everything and everyone seemed so 'spiritual'.
wind this-life aim
To attain Buddhahood ... we must scatter this life's aims and objects to the wind.
believe enlightened comment
I have a friend who still believes if Osho had never left India, we would all have been enlightened by now. I won't comment on this.
fog appearance should
One should see that all appearance is like mist and fog.
practice superficial dharma
In brief, without being mindful of death, whatever Dharma practices you take up will be merely superficial.
strong freedom thinking
When you are strong and healthy, You never think of sickness coming, But it descends with sudden force, Like a stroke of lightning. When involved in worldly things, You never think of death's approach; Quick it comes like thunder, Crashing round your head.
spiritual cowboy meditation
I will say that cowboy hats and boots replaced our flowing robes and spiritual good looks. At least for the time being! In that central-Oregon desert where thousands would eventually come, work became our meditation.
lowest highest
Take the lowest place, and you shall reach the highest.