Milarepa, the Yogi

“Though you youngsters of the new generation dwell in towns infested with deceitful fate, the link of truth still remains—When you remain in solitude, do not think of the amusements in town…You should turn your mind inwardly, and then you’ll find your way…The wealth I found is the inexhaustible Holy Property…The companion I found is the bliss of perpetual Voidness…Here in the place of Yolmo Tag Pug Senge Dzon, the tigress howling with a pathetic trembling voice reminds me that piteous cubs are playing lively…Like a madman I have no pretension and no hope..I am telling you the honest truth…These are the crazy words of mine… O h you innumerable motherlike beings, by the force of imaginary destiny you see a myriad visions and experience endless emotions…I smile…To a Yogi, everything is fine and splendid!.....In the goodly quiet of this Self-Benefitting sky Enclosure, the timely sounds I hear are all my fellows’ sounds…At such a pleasant place, in solitude, I, Milarepa, happily remain, meditating upon the void-illuminating mind—The more Ups and Downs the more Joy I feel—The greater the fear, the greater the happiness I feel…”