Milarepa Vendor_FOLTR 9: Text Sources - 83

9: Text Sources - 83

Central to all these teachings is the necessity of compassion—which the Dalai Lama says is “the essence of religion” and “the most precious thing there is

the consort of Padmasambhava

Brass Dorje pendant

One could say she is the earliest known Buddhist feminist

Milarepa Vendor_FOLTR 9: Text Sources - 83Title: MILAREPA Secondary Title: Lessons from the Life & Songs of Tibet's Great Yogi Description: He went from being the worst kind of malevolent sorcerer to a devoted and ascetic Buddhist practitioner to a completely enlightened being all in a single lifetime. The story of Milarepa (10401123) is a tale of such extreme and powerful transformation that it might be thought not to have much direct application to our own less dramatic livesbut Chgyam