“However beautiful a song may be, it is just a tune to those who do not understand its meaning.” — Milarepa Copy Share Image
All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births… — Milarepa Copy Share Image
Awakening to voidness of one's mind and illusory grasping of consciousness appear to be alike, but don't be hoodwinked. — Milarepa Copy Share Image
Life is short and the time of death is uncertain; so apply yourself to meditation. Avoid doing evil, and acquire merit, to the best… — Milarepa Copy Share Image
The affairs of the world will go on forever, do not delay the practice of meditation. Once you have met with the profound instructions… — Milarepa Copy Share Image
All worldly pursuits have but one unavoidable and inevitable end, which is sorrow; acquisitions end in dispersion; buildings in destruction; meetings in separation; births… — Milarepa Copy Share Image
To attain Buddhahood ... we must scatter this life's aims and objects to the wind. — Milarepa Copy Share Image
Strong and healthy, who thinks of sickness until it strikes like lightning? Preoccupied with the world, who thinks of death, until it arrives like… — Milarepa Copy Share Image
When you are strong and healthy, You never think of sickness coming, But it descends with sudden force, Like a stroke of lightning. When… — Milarepa Copy Share Image
When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick: every time a stick is thrown, you run after it.… — Milarepa Copy Share Image
