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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.

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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)

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