life-force
srog snying
life-essence
srog rtsol
prana-control, prana-control
practice
slob ’bangs
students
slob ma snod ldan
disciple who is a worthy vessel
gsal
clarity, brilliance, clear, clarified, illuminate
gsal stong
clarity-emptiness
gsog ’jog
hoarding and maintaining
bsam ngan
malevolent intention, malevolence, malevolent mind
bsam gtan
meditation, dhyana, meditative concentration
bsung ngag bden pa
words of truth
bslu bslu ’dra
only deceive
lha
deva; deity
lha chos
sublime dharma
lha rje
Lhajé; physician
lha ma yin
asura
lha sman btsun mo
Lhamen Queen
lhag mthong
vipashyana
lhan cig skyes pa
coemergent
lhug pa
relaxed, loose
a shad
ashé
APPENDIX 4:
Songs and Stories Translated under the Guidance of Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche
Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche is one of the foremost living teachers of Milarepa’s Kagyu tradition. He is a great master of meditation and scholar who has taught extensively throughout the world, and he is the primary teacher of another great meditation master and scholar, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, who guided the translation of this volume. Throughout his life, Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche has worked closely with many Western students to train them as translators, and as a result, a number of translations of Milarepa’s stories and songs of realization have been made under his guidance. This list of those works here is to serve first as an homage to this great master and to the lineage he represents, and second, to provide alternate translations for the interested reader to compare and study. While the full stories translated under Rinpoche’s guidance have not been made available to the public, nearly all of the translations of the individual songs of realization are available on the internet and are easily searchable by title. Additionally, a number of original songs by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, spontaneously composed in the style of Milarepa, can be found at the following website, which also provides extensive information on Rinpoche’s teaching and activity: www.ktgrinpoche.org.
SONGS TRANSLATED UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF KHENPO TSULTRIM GYAMTSO RINPOCHE, LISTED BY SONG TITLE
A number of the KTGR translations are exerpts from longer songs; the page numbers provided below correlate to where the related text of the alternate translation begins, not necessarily where the song begins in the original work.
SONG TITLE
CHAPTER
PAGE
A Teaching to Flying Hungry Ghosts
5. The Prior Visit to Rakma
here
Aging, Illness, and Samsara
48. Shendormo and Leksé Bum
here
An Authentic Portrait of the Middle Way
29. Garland of the Light of Amrita
here
Appearance and Sound, Like Reflection and Echo
44. Likor Charuwa
here
Distinguishing the Provisional from the Definitive in the Context of Mahamudra
28. Garland of an Array of Pearls
here
Eight Authentic Things
51. Ramding Sky Cave
here
Eight Kinds of Mastery
23. The Later Visit to Drakya Vajra Fortress
here
Eight Ornaments of the Profound Meaning
51. Ramding Sky Cave
here
Eight Things to Remember
15. Meeting Seben Repa
here
Eight Wonderful Forms of Happiness
43. Dretön Repa
here
Eighteen Kinds of Yogic Joy
7. The Yolmo Snowy Range
here
Equality and Seven Things to Forget
44. Likor Charuwa
here
Five Authentic Remedies to Practice Right
15. Meeting Seben Repa
here
Five Perfections of the Definitive Meaning
15. Meeting Seben Repa
here
Four Supreme Things and Eleven Supreme Things
34. Winning the Debate Arisen through Jealousy with Power and Magic
here
Happiness and Misery, Drawing the Line
40. Lengom Repa
here
How To Remove Hindrances and Enhance the Practice
14. Meeting Paldarbum
here
Identifying a Capable Student
12. The Later Visit to Rakma
here
Internalizing Fearlessness and Realization That Has Become Confidence
28. Garland of an Array of Pearls
here
Let Consciousness Ride
42. Lotön Gendun
here
Looking Nakedly Resting Still
36. Mégom Repa
here
Meditation Advice to Chirawa
26. Meeting Khyira Repa
here
Milarepa’s Six Bardos
30. Golden Garland of Stupas
here
Milarepa’s Vows
44. Likor Charuwa
here
Nine Hurdles
11. Meeting Tsaphu Repa
here
No Birth, No Base, and Union
13. Accepting the Teacher Shakya Guna
here
Practice Instructions to Sangye Kyap
12. The Later Visit to Rakma
here
Seven Practice Advices
51. Ramding Sky Cave
here
Seven Ways Things Shine Inside and Out
13. Accepting the Teacher Shakya Guna
here
Six Examples of Illusion That Teach Impermanence
38. The Story of the Yak Horn
here
Six Questions
9. The Prior Visit to Drakya Vajra Fortress
here
Six Words That Sum It All Up
42. Lotön Gendun
here
Song of Mahamudra
34. Winning the Debate Arisen through Jealousy with Power and Magic
here
Song of the Meeting Between Milarepa and the Hunter Chirawa Gönpo Dorje
26. Meeting Khyira Repa
here
Song to a Pigeon Goddess Girl
8. The Offering of the Pigeon Goddess Girl
here
Songs of Miracles that Milarepa Displayed to Rechungpa: Song of the Appearance-Emptiness Boulder
39. Song of the Wild Asses
here
Songs of Miracles that Milarepa Displayed to Rechungpa: The Song of the Wild Asses
39. Song of the Wild Asses
here
Space-like Yogi and Yoginis
2. Journey to Lachi Chuzang
here
Taking Appearances to the Path
21. Meeting Repa Darma Wangchuk
here
Ten Important Points
45. Replies to the Questions of Students
here
Ten Things It’s Like
38. The Story of the Yak Horn
here
The Anger Cooling Song
34. Winning the Debate Arisen through Jealousy with Power and Magic
here
The Authentic Way to Approach Dharma
13. Accepting the Teacher Shakya Guna
here
The Characteristics of a Worldly Monastic Tradition
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here
The Dharma That Is Not Learned
44. Likor Charuwa
here
The Eight Certainties You Need to Practice Dharma
51. Ramding Sky Cave
here
The Great Open Wilderness
45. Replies to the Questions of Students
here
The Lion’s Walk
45. Replies to the Questions of Students
here
The Places Where I Stay and the Friends I Keep
26. Meeting Khyira Repa
here
The Profound Definitive Meaning Sung on the Snowy Range
3. The Song of the Snow
here
The Sacred Place of Jang-Chub Dzong and the Yogi
5. The Prior Visit to Rakma
here
The Sampannakrama Song
34. Winning the Debate Arisen through Jealousy with Power and Magic
here
The Six Bardos (sung by Rechungpa)
23. The Later Visit to Drakya Vajra Fortress
here
The Six Confident Ways I Am Delighted to Die
53. Tongla
here
The Six Guides to Enlightenment’s Fortress
5. The Prior Visit to Rakma
here
The Six Happy Ways I Am Sure
53. Tongla
here
The Song of Everlasting Happiness
26. Meeting Khyira Repa
here
The Song of Open Compassion
26. Meeting Khyira Repa
here
The Song of the Fortress of Enlightenment
5. The Prior Visit to Rakma
here
The Sources of Power
22. Taming Naro Bönchung
here
The Three Ways Are Fine—Ari Goldfield
43. Dretön Repa
here
The Utpattikrama Song
34. Winning the Debate Arisen through Jealousy with Power and Magic
here
The Way I Am Crazy
53. Tongla
here
The Yogi’s Beer Drinking Song
50. Going for Refreshment, and the Beer-Drinking Song
here
Thirty-Three Kinds of Yogic Joy
10. Meeting Rechungpa
here
Three Kinds of Confidence in Genuine Reality
13. Accepting the Teacher Shakya Guna
here
Three Nails
7. The Yolmo Snowy Range
here
Three Things That Are All Right—Jim Scott
43. Dretön Repa
here
Turning Daily Behavior into a Practice
52. Rechungpa’s Departure for Central Tibet
here
Twelve Kinds of Yogic Joy
23. The Later Visit to Drakya Vajra Fortress
here
Twelve Things That Tend to Be Misleading
23. The Later Visit to Drakya Vajra Fortress
here
Twelve Things to Forget
51. Ramding Sky Cave
here
Twenty-Seven Cases of Dissolution
4. The Rakshasa Demoness of Lingpa Rock
here
Two Songs of Displaying Miracles
44. Likor Charuwa
here
Ultimate View, Meditation, Conduct, and Fruition
39. Song of the Wild Asses
here
What I Have Time For and What I Do Not
45. Replies the Questions of Students
here
What Mind Is
12. The Later Visit to Rakma
here
Why I Wander Around Unpredictably
26. Meeting Khyira Repa
here
Why Turning towards Genuine Dharma
26. Meeting Khyira Repa
here
Why We Sing
27. The Offering of the Khokhom King and the Scrutiny of Tseringma
here
Yogi’s Life
5. The Prior Visit to Rakma
here
SONGS TRANSLATED UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF KHENPO TSULTRIM GYAMTSO RINPOCHE, LISTED BY CHAPTER
Most of Milarepa’s songs in the Collected Songs do not appear with discrete titles in the original. To assist the reader in locating the songs in the text, short descriptors of the songs appear in the left column below. As above, the page numbers correlate to where the related text of the alternate translation begins; when the alternate translation does not begin with the first line of the original text, the correlating first line of this translation is listed in the left column.
Song Description
KTGR Translation Title
Page
2. JOURNEY TO LACHI CHUZANG
[song about the dharma of the truth of cause and effect]
“This repa yogi who’s free of concepts”
The Lion’s Walk
here
“Having Authentic Confidence” “In the lineage of the great Brahmin”
Space-Like Yogi and Yoginis
here
3. THE SONG OF THE SNOW
[untitled song of realization]
The Profound Definitive Meaning Sung on the Snowy Range
here
4. THE RAKSHASA DEMONESS OF LINGPA ROCK
[song on the definitive meaning of the twenty-seven cases of dissolution]
Twenty-Seven Cases of Dissolution
here
5. THE PRIOR VISIT TO RAKMA
[song about the guide]
The Six Guides to Enlightenment’s Fortress
here
[song for the yaksha spirits]
A Teaching to Flying Hungry Ghosts
here
[song of the solitary place, Enlightenment Fortress]
The Song of the Fortress of Enlightenment
here
[Song for Lhabar]
Yogi’s Life
here
[Praise of Enlightenment Fortress]
The Sacred Place of Jang-Chub Dzong and the Yogi
here
7. The Yolmo Snowy Range
[How his experience and realization arose]
Eighteen Kinds of Yogic Joy
here
“The Nails of View, Meditation, and Conduct”
Three Nails
here
8. THE OFFERING OF THE PIGEON GODDESS GIRL
[response to the pigeon’s offering]
Song to a Pigeon Goddess Girl
here
9. THE PRIOR VISIT TO DRAKYA VAJRA FORTRESS
[song of realization on the six questions]
Six Questions
here
10. MEETING RECHUNGPA
[song at Silk Cave]
Thirty-Three Kinds of Yogic Joy
here
11. MEETING TSAPHU REPA
[exhortation to practice]
Nine Hurdles
here
12. THE LATER VISIT TO RAKMA
[first song for the herder]
“The wonderful taste of candy, so sweet”
What Mind Is
here
[third song for the herder]
Identifying a Capable Student
here
[final song for the herder, Sangye Kyap]
Practice Instructions to Sangye Kyap
here
13. ACCEPTING THE TEACHER SHAKYA GUNA
[song of how confidence arose]
Three Kinds of Confidence in Genuine Reality
here
[song of how virtuous activity arose]
Seven Ways Things Shine Inside and Out
here
[song of definitions and pointing out mind]
No Birth, No Base, and Union
here
[how to practice dharma]
The Authentic Way to Approach Dhar
ma
here
14. MEETING PALDARBUM
[on clearing obstacles and enhancing the practice]
How To Remove Hindrances and Enhance the Practice
here
15. MEETING SEBEN REPA
[song about eight things to remember]
Eight Things to Remember
here
[advice for Dawa Norbu]
“When the mind runs wild, apply the view that subjugates it”
Five Authentic Remedies to Practice Right
here
[reply to the monks]
Five Perfections of the Definitive Meaning
here
[reply to Geshe Yakru Tangpa]
The Characteristics of a Worldly Monastic Tradition
here
21. MEETING REPA DARMA WANGCHUK
[song on how to practice during every activity]
“When going, take appearances onto the path”
Taking Appearances to the Path
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