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Drinking the mountain stream : songs of Tibet's beloved saint, Milarepa: eighteen selections from the rare collection : stories and songs from the oral tradition of Jetsün Milarepa
Works. Selections. English. 1995
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- Creator
- translated by Lama Kunga Rinpoche and Brian Cutillo
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- English
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- Revised edition
- Boston : Wisdom Publications, 1995
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- x, 183 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 0861710630, 9780861710638
- OCLC
- ocm32510938
- Originally published: Boulder : Lotsawa, 1978.
- Introduction. Milarepa's world -- The Buddhist system of liberation -- The Kagyu lineage of Buddhist practice -- Milarepa's personal style -- The songs. About the songs. Milarepa tells his story -- Song for the poor patrons -- Mila's song in the rain -- Mila meets a yogi -- Symbols for yogic experience -- Song of the path guides -- Song of experience in clear light cave -- Rechungpa's confusion -- Mila's meeting with Dampa Sangye -- Song of the horned staff -- Elimination of desires -- Mila gains a young woman disciple at a village feast -- Mila resurrects an old woman -- From the "Six Vajra songs" -- Mila visits a religious center -- Confrontation with a Bon priest -- Milas's journey inspired by a dream -- Is Milarepa dying? -- Closing verse