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Jetsun Milarepa (Tibetan: རྗེ་བཙུན་མི་ལ་རས་པ, Wylie: rje btsun mi la ras pa), (c. 1052 – c. 1135 CE) was a famous poet and yogi of Tibet. He was a student of Marpa Lotsawa, and a major figure in the history of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.

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Do not spend your life committing sinful deeds;
It is good for you to practice holy Dharma.

To say more than this would only cause weeping and laughter.

The Life of Milarepa: A New Translation from the Tibetan (1977)

For those who do not guard their morals,
Prayers are but wishful thinking.
For those who do not practice what they preach,
Oratory is but faithless lying.

If ones tries to vanquish foes in the outer world,
They increase in greater measure.
If one conquers his Self-mind within,
All his foes soon disappear.

In my youth I committed black deeds. In maturity I practised innocence.

The Life of Milarepa: A New Translation from the Tibetan (1977)

Having meditated on gentleness and on compassion,
I have forgotten the difference between myself and others.

Though you desire the pleasures of this life,
Because of your sins, you will never gain them.
But if you renounce desires within,
You will win the Great Accomplishment.

I attain all my knowledge through studying my mind within, thus all my thoughts become the teachings of Dharma. So long as I do not become separated from my own mind, I am always accompanied by sutras. I have realized that all manifestations are Mind, and the mind itself is the illumination.

Conquer now your own Self-mind.

I pray to all accomplished beings;
I pray you to extinguish the Five Poisonous Klesas.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Milarepa (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.