Jetsun Milarepa

This page is dedicated to translations and research on the songs and teachings of one of the most revered Tibetan yogis and mahasiddhas, and founding masters of the Kagyu lineages, Jetsun Milarepa (1040-1123).

JE MILAREPA’S BLISSFUL RED “SECRET CONSORT” SASH: The inseparability of wisdom and method of the guru, Milarepa and Vajravarahi in 7th Gyalton Rinpoche’s experiential weekend teaching of pith instructions and practice, Taichung ( Taiwan, June 2025 I)

WHEN AND HOW TO SAY NO TO A QUALIFIED GURU’S COMMANDS: Fulfilling and not fulfilling a guru’s command with reasons, the Marpa-Milarepa relationship, no distinction between worldly and Dharma for a qualified guru. 1st Karmapa’s “toilet relics” and stories of well-known masters who disobeyed their gurus (Fifty Verses on the Guru, 17th Karmapa, Day 9, 2025)

MASSES OF GOLDEN GEESE ON A MOUNTAIN: JE GAMPOPA AND THE ORIGIN OF “DAGPO KAGYU” IN TIBET. The meaning of ‘Ka-gyu’, the reason “Dagpo Kagyu” became widespread in Tibet, Milarepa’s dream of golden geese and the dakini’s prophecy, and the lineage and view of the “Innate” Mahamudra teachings of Gampopa (17th Karmapa, August 2024)

HEARING ‘HER-STORY’(I): MILAREPA’S MAIN FEMALE (NYA-MA) STUDENTS AND SONGS OF SALEY O. ‘Male-centred’ Buddhist history, Milarepa’s main female disciples, and the songs and story of Tibetan woman, Saley O

A YOGI’S ‘INTENTIONS FULFILLED’: ‘CANDYMAN’ MILAREPA’S SECRET STASH OF ‘GOLD’ CANDY AND MIRACULOUS PARTING GIFTS AND FINAL ADVICE ‘TO EAT SH*T!’ Milarepa’s last testament and miraculous gifts and new translation of his song ‘Intentions Fulfilled’ from ‘The Black Treasury’

‘THE BLACK TREASURY’ (DZO NAG): 3RD KARMAPA’S COMPENDIUM OF MILAREPA’S LIFE AND SONGS. Origin, editions and contents.

‘JOYFULLY JOYOUS’ SIDDHA’S ROAR : PADAMPA SANGYE’S ‘DHARMA THAT PACIFIES SUFFERING (ZHIJE)’ SONG TO MILAREPA

NEW TRANSLATION: Milarepa’s Song on the Ten Pāramitās , ‘Empty words are of trivial value’

Hermit-Yogi Caves and Fortresses (Part I): Jetsun Milarepa’s Twenty Sacred Places

Milarepa’s Song on the Suffering of Animals in the Evil ‘Tradition’ of Meat-eating

Milarepa’s Female Disciples: Rechungma’s Song of ‘Fifteen Realisations‘

NEW PUBLICATION: Milarepa’s Songs to the Hunter and Animals, the Khyira Kagyu lineage

Milarepa’s ‘Song to the Hunter’; and the living ‘ear-whispered’ lineage of Khyira Kagyu (the hunter lineage) in Nepal