Milarepa QUOTES

1 " If ye realize the Emptiness of All Things, Compassion will raise within your heart;
If ye lose all differentiation between yourselves and others, fit to serve others ye will be;
And when in serving others ye shall win success, then shall ye meet with me;
And finding me, ye shall attain to Buddhahood. "

― Milarepa , Songs of Milarepa

2 " The world knows caterpillar becomes butterfly but they don’t care that it also becomes a moth. One is diurnal another nocturnal.Human once awakened can change the view to change self from Angulimala to a Buddha "

― Milarepa , The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa

3 " My religion is to live - and die - without regret. "

― Milarepa

4 " I need nothing. I seek nothing. I desire nothing. "

― Milarepa

5 " However beautiful a song may be,
it is just a tune to those
who do not understand its meaning. "

― Milarepa , The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa

6 " He who avoids misunderstandings,
Amused at the play of his own mind,
Is ever joyful. "

― Milarepa

7 " I trained my spirit in method. "

― Milarepa

8 " When ye look at me I am an idle, idle man; when I look at myself I am a busy, busy man. Since upon the plain of uncreated infinity I am building, building the tower of ecstasy, I have no time for building houses. Since upon the steppe of the void of truth I am breaking, breaking the savage fetter of suffering, I have no time for ploughing family land. Since at the bourn of unity ineffable I am subduing, subduing the demon-foe of self, I have no time for subduing angry foe-men. Since in the palace of mind which transcends duality I am waiting, waiting for spiritual experience as my bride, I have no time for setting up house. Since in the circle of the Buddhas of my body I am fostering, fostering the child of wisdom, I have no time for fostering snivelling children. Since in the frame of the body, the seat of all delight, I am saving, saving precious instruction and reflection, I have no time for saving wordly wealth. "

― Milarepa , Songs of Milarepa

9 " At firs,money is like the wish-fulfilling Gem
Later,it becomes indispensable
In the end;you feel like a penniless beggar
These are my thoughts and feelings on money
So I renounced both wealth and goods "

― Milarepa ,

10 " When one comes to the essence of being,
The shining wisdom of reality
Illumines all like the cloudless sky. "

― Milarepa , The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa