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Milarepa
Adapt
to Worldly Conventions?
A monk-disciple
of Milarepas's, Ligor Sharu, wanted the Jetsun to adapt himself somewhat
to worldly conventions so as to win the interest and following of great
scholars. Milarepa refused this idea saying that he would ever follow
his Guru's instructions to live remote, and he sang to Ligor Sharu:
I bow down
to Marpa, the Translator.
Realizing
that frame is unreal as an echo,
I abandon not the ascetic way of life,
Throwing away all cares and preparations.
Whatever reputation I may have,
I shall always be happy and contented
Realizing
that all things are illusion,
I cast away possessions;
For wealth obtained by strife I have not the least desire!
Whatever my means and prestige,
I shall always be happy and contented.
Realizing
that all followers are phantoms,
I have no concern for human relationship
And travel where I please -
Unlike those artificial scholar-priests
Who act with descretion and restraint.
Whatever the status I may have
I shall always be happy and contented.
Realizing
that desires and sufferings
Are themselves the Great Equality,
I cut the rope of passion and of hatred.
With or without associates,
I shall always be happy and contented.
The nature
of being is beyond play-words;
Attachments to any doctrine or concept
Is merely a matter of self-confusion.
Unshakling the fetter of the knower-and-the-known,
Whatever I become and wherever I remain,
I shall always be happy and contented.
In the great
Illuminating Mind itself,
I see no pollution by wandering thoughts.
Throwing away all reasonings and observations,
Whatever words I hear and say,
I shall always be happy and contented.
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