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...
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buddhist water desire
Desires achieved increase thirst like salt water.
buddhist emptiness compassionate
Know emptiness, Be compassionate.
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.
dream yoga night
Mental activity in the daytime creates a latent form of habitual thought which again transforms itself at night into various delusory visions sensed by the semi-consciousness. This is called the deceptive and magic-like Bardo of Dream.
desire needs
I need nothing. I seek nothing. I desire nothing.
running dog sticks
When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick
strong buddhist thinking
Strong and healthy, who thinks of sickness until it strikes like lightning? Preoccupied with the world, who thinks of death, until it arrives like thunder?
haste awareness
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
heart temples monasteries
In the monastery of your heart, you have a temple where all Buddhas unite.
deceiving
My religion is not deceiving myself.
happiness mind friendly
He who knows that all things are his mind, That all with which he meets are friendly, Is ever joyful.
fun black beard
In Los Angeles, I had shaved my beard and dyed my hair black just for a change, to have some fun.
determination practice profound
The affairs of the world will go on forever, do not delay the practice of meditation. Once you have met with the profound instructions from a meditation master, with single pointed determination, set about realizing the Truth.
compassion race wind
In harvesting of evil deeds, the human race is busy; and doing so is to taste the pangs of Hell . . . The piling up of wealth is the piling up of others' property; what one thus storeth formeth but provisions for one's enemies... I wash off human scandal by devotion true; and by my zeal, I satisfy the Deities. By compassion, I subdue the demons; all blame I scatter to the wind, and upward turn my face.