5 Quotes & Sayings By Milarepa

Milarepa, a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner of the Kagyu school, was born in 1110 in central Tibet. He was a close disciple of the third Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpe Dorje (1110–1193), and came to be known as "the second Karmapa," or simply Milarepa. When the Karmapa died in 1193, Milarepa received his spiritual instructions and became a teacher. He spent the rest of his life traveling throughout central Tibet and India, spreading the teachings of his guru and continuing with his own practice Read more

He was known for his compassion and for inviting everyone to his meditation retreats. His autobiography, The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa  (12th century) is one of the classic works on Buddhism's history and practice.

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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
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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
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My religion is to live - and die - without regret. Milarepa
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I need nothing. I seek nothing. I desire nothing. Milarepa