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Milarepa
Shame
and Conventional Behaviour
This
is the song of Milarepa to some patrons from Drin who were ashamed because
of the Jetsun's lack of conventional behaviour:
Through wandering
long in many places,
I have forgotten my native land.
Staying long with my Holy Jetsun,
I have forgotten all my kinsmen.
Keeping for long the Buddha's Teaching,
I have forgotten worldly things.
Staying for long in hermitges,
I have forgotten all diversions.
Through long watching of monkeys' play,
I have forgotten sheep and cattle.
Long accustomed to a tinder-box,
I have forgotten all household chores.
Long used to solitude without servant or master,
I have forgotten courteous manners.
Long accustomed to be carefree,
I have forgotten worldly shame.
Long accustomed to the mind coming and going
By itself, I have forgotten how to hide things.
Long used to burning Duma-heat (58),
I have forgotten clothing.
Long accustomed
to practise Non-discriminating Wisdom,
I have forgotten all distracting thoughts.
Long used to practising the Two-in-One Illumination,
I have forgotten all nonsensical ideas.
These twelve 'oblivions' are the teachings of this yogi.
Why, dear patrons, do you not also follow them?
I have united the knot of dualism;
What need have I to follow your customs?
To me, Bodhi is spontaneity itself!
The Dharma
of you worldly people
Is too difficult to practise.
Caring for nought, I live the way I please.
Your so-called 'shame' only brings deceit
And fraud; How to pretend I know not.
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