“You will meet a “bitch [female dog]” who will grab you by the leg……“The downfalls of the learned are the heaviest" refers to people like you.”” –Je Milarepa to Rechungpa (according to a biography) “If we have this kind of doubt, “Well what if the guru gives us instructions like Tilopa gave to Naropa, or… Continue reading “WHEN A FOX TRIES TO JUMP WHERE A LION LEAPS”: Consequences of disobeying a realised guru’s commands, Rechungpa’s savage beating by his Princess “bitch” consort, the difference between extraordinary gurus and ordinary gurus, a story of “giving everything including one’s bones’ to the guru and the era of gurus treating students “badly” is over (Day 10 Fifty Verses on the Guru, 17th Karmapa 2025)