The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa

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by Tsangnyon Heruka

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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sp; 15. Meeting Seben Repa

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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