P O E T R Y

Sharing The Mountain With Milarepa

Songs of the yogi master

Photo by Mathew Schwartz on Unsplash

always seek the highest ground
and dwell in remote mountains
with the great snow lions

live free from claims and demands
removed from the world’s
wars, turmoil, and confusion

we will keep warm by kindling
a tantric fire deep within,
our sustenance will be thought
a mindfeast of concentration,
our wealth, inner satisfaction

we will sprout no roots
no anchors will tether us
free to travel lands that beckon us

we will seed our dreams
with the calm of the void
and listen to its breathless silence

and the days will pass
without pressure, our souls so light
we will soar through the sky like eagles

Jetsün Milarepa was a Tibetan yogi who lived in the eleventh century and composed poems and songs to educate the people he met in his travels and guide his followers along the dharmic path. He led the life of…