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
buddhist water desire
Desires achieved increase thirst like salt water.
buddhist emptiness compassionate
Know emptiness, Be compassionate.
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?
buddhist hate long
If one stays too long with friends They will soon tire of him; Living in such closeness leads to dislike and hate. It is but human to expect and demand too much When one dwells too long in companionship.
buddhist mind mountain
In horror of death, I took to the mountains - again and again I meditated on the uncertainty of the hour of death, capturing the fortress of the deathless unending nature of mind. Now all fear of death is over and done.
religious buddhist knowing
All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births in death. Knowing this, one should, from the very first, renounce acquisitions and storing-up, and building, and meeting; and, faithful to the commands of an eminent Guru, set about realizing the Truth. That alone is the best of religious observances.
buddhist compassion differences
Accustomed long to contemplating love and compassion I have forgotten all difference between myself and others
buddhist attitude compassion
All meditation must begin with arousing deep compassion. Whatever one does must emerge from an attitude of love and benefitting others.
buddhist regret dies
My religion is to live and die without regret.
When I took sannyas in 1976, Osho was living in Pune, India. During these early years, I came and went from the ashram many times. When I was there I meditated, did groups, attended discourse, and finally at some point jumped into work. Osho seemed like god to me then representing something unreachable, unattainable.
understanding far-away
I felt like I was standing in a deep valley looking at a far away Himalayan peak. I can see now this was more my own projection for my understanding since is: The master is only as far away as you are from yourself.
beautiful girlfriend couple
Osho used me and Shunyo (my girlfriend at the time) as an example of how he envisioned men and women should relate. He shared a story he had often told in discourse of a man and woman who lived at opposite ends of a lake. They were deeply in love but only met by chance when sometimes out rowing on the water. He said it was beautiful how Shunyo and I met like this couple. When we had the feeling to be together, we would meet and enjoy. And when we were apart, we were also happy and content in our aloneness.
men people one-day
One day in Los Angeles, I received an unexpected phone call from Dhyan Yogi, the person responsible for looking after the many practical things connected with Osho's World Tour. He invited me to come to Uruguay where Osho was staying at the time. Often people ask me about these times in Uruguay, what it was like to be there. Have you ever read 'Mojud: The Man with the Inexplicable Life'? This story is a good description of how I felt being there. In other words, incredible!
tease valuable deeper-meaning
I always felt teasing came alongside a deeper meaning, as if [Osho] wanted to convey something immensely valuable to me.