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<br></br>Milarepa (Tibetan: Rje-btsun Mi-la-ras-pa. c1052—c1135 CE) <br></br>is one of
Tibet's most famous yogis and poets, a student of Marpa Lotsawa, and a<br></br>
major figure in the history of the Kagyu (Bka'-brgyud) school of Tibetan<br></br>
Buddhism. ( <a dir="ltr" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagyu" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagyu">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagyu</a> )<br></br><br></br>The
essence of Milarepa lies in his writings rather than…
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<br/>Milarepa (Tibetan: Rje-btsun Mi-la-ras-pa. c1052—c1135 CE) <br/>is one of
Tibet's most famous yogis and poets, a student of Marpa Lotsawa, and a<br/>
major figure in the history of the Kagyu (Bka'-brgyud) school of Tibetan<br/>
Buddhism. ( <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagyu" target="_blank" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagyu" rel="nofollow" dir="ltr">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kagyu</a> )<br/><br/>The
essence of Milarepa lies in his writings rather than the legends that<br/>
have grown up around him. <br/>These writings, often referred to as the
Songs of Milarepa, are canonical Mahayana Buddhist texts and in<br/>
particular emphasize the temporary nature of the physical body and the<br/>
need for non-attachment. <br/>In contrast, the legends of Milarepa's life
are full of references to magic and lack the same sense of devout<br/>
non-attachment.<br/><br/>At the age of forty-five, he started to practice
at Drakar Taso (White Rock Horse Tooth) cave - 'Milarepa's Cave', as<br/>
well as becoming a wandering teacher. <br/>Here, he subsisted on 'nettle
tea', leading his skin to turn green, <br/>hence the greenish color he is
often depicted as having in paintings and sculpture.<br/><br/>* * * * * *
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *<br/>
* * * * * * * *<br/><br/>The Heart Sutra (Sanskrit: प्रज्ञापारमिताहृदय
Prajñāpāramitā Hṛdaya; thought to have been composed in the 1st century<br/>
CE ) is a well-known Mahāyāna Buddhist sutra that is very popular among<br/>
Tibetan Mahayana Buddhists both for its brevity and depth of meaning.<br/><br/>The
Heart Sutra is a member of the Perfection of Wisdom (Prajñāpāramitā)<br/>
class of Mahāyāna Buddhist literature, and along with the Diamond Sutra,<br/>
is perhaps the most prominent representative of the genre.<br/><br/>Briefly,
the sutra describes the experience of liberation of the bodhisattva of<br/>
compassion, Avalokiteśvara, as a result of insight gained while engaged<br/>
in deep meditation to awaken the faculty of prajña (wisdom). <br/>( <a href="http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/heartsutra.html" target="_blank" title="http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/heartsutra.html" rel="nofollow" dir="ltr">http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/heart...</a> )<br/><br/>The
insight refers to the fundamental emptiness of all phenomena, the five<br/>
aggregates of human existence (skandhas) -- form (rūpa), feeling<br/>
(vedanā), volitions (samskārā), perceptions (saṁjñā), and consciousness<br/>
(vijñāna).<br/>("...in emptiness there is no form, no sensation, ... no
attainment and no non-attainment")<br/><br/>Heart Sutra Om Gate Gate
Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Soha<br/>Pronunciation: ɡəteː ɡəteː paːɾəɡəteː
paːɾəsəŋɡəte boːdʱɪ sʋaːɦaː<br/>Translation; "gone gone, gone beyond,
gone altogether beyond, O what an awakening(enlightenment), hail!"<br/>