Parco della Cavallera

Breve passeggiata pasquale nel parco della Cavallera, tra Cascina del Bruno (Arcore) e Oreno (Vimercate)








THE HUNDRED THOUSAND SONGS OF MILAREPA
she went to meditate at Semodo of Namtsoshumo in the North, observ-
ing absolute silence for eight years. Eventually she gained the Ten Expe-
riences and Eight Merits, and perfected all spiritual Purifications and Re-
alizations of the Path; and in this life she went to the Pure Land of the
l)akinis.
This is the story of Milarepa meeting Rechungma, one of his four
(foremost] female disciples, at Five Small Lakes of Joro Dritsa
THE HUNTSMAN
AND THE DEER
H,\VING directed his disciple to remain at different hermitages for
their devotions, Jetsun Milarepa went to a secluded place at Nyi
Shang Gur Da Mountain on the border between Nepal and Tibet. The
upper slopes were very rugged, cloudy, foggy, and continuously deluged
with rain. To the right of the mountain towered a precipitous hill where
one could always hear the cries of wild animals and watch vultures hov-
ering above. To its left stood a hill clothed with soft, luxuriant mead-
ows, where deer and antelopes played. Below there was a luxurious for-
est with all kinds of trees and flowers and within which lived many
monkeys, peacocks, turkeys, and other beautiful birds. The monkeys
amused themselves by swinging and leaping among the trees, the birds
darted here and there with a great display of wing, while warblers
chirped and sang. In front of the hermitage flowed a stream, fed by
melting snow and filled with rocks and boulders. A fresh, clear, bub-
bling sound could always be heard as one passed by.
This hermitage was called Ghadaya. It was a very quiet and delightful
place with every favorable condition for devotees. And so it was here that
Jetsun Milarepa indulged in the River-Flow Samadhi, while all the ben-
evolent local deities rendered him services and oblations.
One day, Milarepa heard a dog barking [in the distance], after
that a great noise arose. He thought, "Hitherto, this place has been
very favorable for meditation. Is some disturbance on the way?" So he
left the cave, came to a huge rock, and sat upon it absorbed in the Com-
passion of Non-discrimination.1 Before long, a black, many-spotted deer
ran up, badly frightened. Seeing this, an unbearable compassion arose
within the Jetsun. He thought, "It is because of the evil Karmas this deer
has acquired in the past that he was born in such a pitiable form. Thou