Gordona

Escursione in val Bodengo partendo da Gordona (Sondrio)
luoghi significativi incontrati lungo il percorso sono Donadivo, Bedolina, Sorboggia e la torre di Segname








home. After meditating for some time, he had several experiences, which
he told Milarepa, and then asked for further instruction. Milarepa was
very pleased, and said, "You have already begun to produce merits
[within you], so you should follow these instructions":
To rely on a Guru,
One should pray to him often and sincerely.
When one practices the devotion of the Yidham and
Oakini,
Clearly and often should he meditate on the Arising
Yoga.
When one meditates on transiency and the approach
of death,
He should e'er remember
That death cannot be predicted or avoided.
When one practices Mahiimudrii,
He should cultivate it step by step.
When one meditates on parent-like sentient beings8
He should e'er remember to repay his gratitude to them.
When one meditates on the deep teaching of the
Whispered Lineage,
He should persevere with great determination.
When one reaches the consummation of Dharma,
He should avoid ups-and-downs and make it stable.
When one examines his devotions
To see if they agree with Dharma,
He should not waver nor be fickle,
But should bring them to one-pointedness.
When one cultivates the holy Dharma,
He should renounce the world.
When food is offered by the deities,
One does not need to find food for himself.
If like a miser one is ever hoarding goods,
He never can succeed in gaining more;
This is witnessed in the oath of all I)akinis,
Hence you should abandon worldly play.
Thereupon, the Jetsun gave to Chirawa Gwunbo Dorje the complete
Initation and Pith-Instructions. Through practicing them, the huntsman
eventually became one of the heart-sons of Milarepa and was kno
THE HUNDRED THOUSAND SONGS OF MILAREPA
Chira Repa- The Cotton-clad Huntsman. The deer and the bitch were
also forever removed from the Paths of Sorrow. It is said that the bow
and the arrows which the huntsman offered to the Jetsun are still in that
cave.
This is the story of l\Iilarepa meeting his heart-son, Chira Repa, at
Nyi Shang Cur Da.
NOTES
1 Compassion of Non-discrimination or Non-discernment (T.T.: dMigs.Pa.
Mei.Pahi.sl"'yiiu)e.), is a spontaneous, non-discriminating, and infinite love em-
bodied in the Uncreated Voidness- the exclusive Compassion of Buddhahood.
From the human point of view, compassion cannot arise without an object about
which it is concerned. Compassion or love seems necessarily to be involved in a
dualistic or subject-object mode. But according to Mahayana Buddhism, the highest
compassion is one that transcends both subject and object, and is brought forth
through the realization of Voidness. It is, in essence, identical with the intuitive
Wisdom-of-Voidness. This is one of the most inscrutible mysteries of Buddhahood.
2 Yidham: the Patron Buddha of a Tantric Yogi. See Story 7, Note 29.
3 As sentient beings have been wandering in Saf!lsara throughout beginning·
less, infinite time, they must all have had parental relationships with one a