Tibetan Sayings from Milarepa

 

To see divine beings, expiate all evil karma. [cf Tm 251]

May all who are sincerely seeking Truth, Untroubled be by obstacles. [Tm 189]

Hasten slowly to arrive soon. [cf Tm 273]

Deep words of initiation serve as fetters for those who are not initiated. [Tm cf. 272]

A feast of delight can also serve others. [cf Tm 308]

Avoid likes and dislikes. [Tm 285]

Do not confuse deep intuition with what merely seems to be so. [cf Tm 298]

Every living thing shall ripen and be saved. - Marpa (Milarepa's guru), 151]

All the gold that I, Milarepa, have amassed during my lifetime lies hidden here beneath this hearth. [A figurative statement] [Tm 270]

One should utilize illness as an aid to progression on the Path. [cf Tm 258]

Hold affection unchangedly for the guru of the Eternal Buddhas. [cf Tm 204]

I have forgotten all those who rule by power. [Tm 245]

I have forgotten all mind-made meditations. [Tm 246]

I have forgotten to think of hope. [Tm 246]

It is said to be undesirable to drink of the same fountain with a person with whom a breach of faith has taken place. [cf Tm 230]

I have never valued word-knowledge set down in books in conventionalized form. - Milarepa, cf. 245]

May I be far removed from arguing creeds and dogmas. [Tm 245]

Mind-arrows shot from the Bow of Spiritual Wisdom, as shot forth, fall among all the nations. They strike the faithful ones and slay selfishness. [cf Tm 216]

One should not be over-anxious and hasty in setting out to serve others, but have the one resolve to attain Buddhahood. [Tm 271]

Shame's Daughter is bought with wealth. [cf Tm 226]

Talks of worldly things disturb my meditation. [Tm 224]

Knowledge for realizing the Dharma-Kaya in your own minds is the holiest of reliques and ashes. [cf Tm 298]

The sin-obscured need repentance. [Tm 253]

Unless pure love and veneration be innate within one's heart, What gain is it to build a stupa? [Tm 263]

Unless the guru's words are regarded as reasonable, what gain is it to have multitude of disciples? [cf Tm 264]

In this world the truly wise and learned are not prized. [cf Tm 219 �]

Protect yourself with a faith and individual wisdom. [cf Tm 300]

Renounce all and meet with me. [cf Tm 273]

Devote yourself to Mantrayanic study and practice. [cf Tm 234]

The essence of the Sangsara (Universe) is Compassion [cf Tm 210n]

I am a Yogi on the path of Eternal Bliss. [cf Tm 201]

To youthful maidens, love-songs sound sweet, but not prosaic sermons. [cf Tm 219]

Understand the Adi-Yoga (Sanatana-Yoga): The animal-man becomes a hero and then a divine or enlightened Being. - W. Y. Evans-Wentz, 5n]
 

To deceive confiding friends is filled with shame and meanness. [cf Tm 226]

I have forgot all difference between myself and others. [Tm 245]

Dharma is the fount of victory. Those who aspire to it are rare. [Hts 632-33]

Neither monks nor laymen can discard moral discipline. [Hts 501-2]

Women who are pretty-looking like pictures on a wall, need the Dharma, or they have no use. [Hts 290]

Wrong deeds ought to be shunned. [Hts 552]

Affairs and business will drag on forever, so lay them down and practise now the Dharma. [Hts 203-205]

Without Dharma old men are like decaying trees. [Hts 653-54]

It is noble to practice charity. [Hts 501-2] (3)

Dharma-practisers, with caution and vigour they will be successful. [cf Hts 632-33]

Think on my words and meditate with perseverance. [Hts 667]

Without Dharma, young maidens are but decorated cows [Hts 653-54]

He who when old neglects the Dharma, should know that he is bound by Karma. [Hts 554-55] (4)

If one does not forswear hypocrisy and pretence, what is the use of keeping discipline? [Hts 387-88]

If from the depths of your heart you want to practise, if hard and long you meditate, Buddhas will be well-pleased. [Hts 547-48]

Without Dharma, inferior women are just like vixens, deft and cunning, their deeds have little value. [Hts 653-54]

No one can tell where I go and stay . . . where no man comes, and lost to view. [Hts 537-38] (5)

Kind kinsmen circle round the bed of the dying. [Hts 119-120]

To remain in solitude is a natural sign springing from the hearts - of non-attachment and the like. [cf. Hts 81-83]

 

References:

Ebu: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica 2007 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD. London: Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2007.
      Hts: Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa, tr. Garma C. C. Chang, Vols 1 and 2, New York: University Books, 1962.
      Tm: Evans-Wentz, Walter Yeeling, ed. Tibet's Great Yogi Milarepa. 2nd ed. London: Oxford University Press, 1969.