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This is an ancient story of Milarepa whose family was murdered and Milarepa was burning with desire to avenge his family.
Milarepa was a Tantrik ( Black magician ) from Tibet and as we know Tibet is famous for so many things. Tibet is mixture of a cultural, Spiritual and here some of the greatest personalities of this culture have been found involved in occult.
Milarepa has his own identity in Tibet, he lost his father when he was young. His father had assets as homes and lands but when he died but everything was confiscated by his paternal uncle and treated Milarepa's mother and sister as slaves. He used to torture and assault them in different ways. That's why Milarepa was grown up with malice desire.
When he reached to adolescent stage ,he left his family his mother & younger sister behind and started thinking to take revenge from his uncle and aunt who put atrocities to his family and then Milarepa went to learn Tantra Vidhya ( Occult ) and mastered the technique.
After so many years when he returned, he found that his mother & sister have left the world, both of them passed away. Knowing this he even got angrier but he was looking for the right time. One day his uncle fixed his son's marriage and invited their relatives and friends. Nothing would be much better than this opportunity, Milerepa thought. On the day of marriage Milarepa used his Tantrik powers and demolished everything with hailstorm thus his uncle and aunt along with 80-85 people died in that storm.
Even though Milarepa felt satisfied with his revenge but soon he started feeling guilty and Milarepa was a sensitive man, he wasn't cruel, he just wanted to avenge his family for the atrocities done to them.
After killing his uncle , something deep inside Milarepa was hitting him so he decided to do something so he doesn't feel guilty anymore because he misused his life whatever the reason behind.
He wanted to choose spiritual way so that he pays for his deeds in this life only and for the redemption of his soul. He started looking for a Guru, he met so many of them and each one of the Gurus he found so far have accepted that they don't know the way of Salvation. Those Gurus asked him to learn something else instead like walk on the path of peace, love and prosperity and birth by birth he will be liberated but Milarepa wasn't satisfied with those things wanted to be liberated in the same life as he wanted to be free from life-cycles.
He was still angry and full of guilt. At last someone told him that only one person can help him and that person is Marpa. Milarepa went on journey to find Marpa. When he reached near Marpa's city, Marpa was known as translator because he translated the India's great scriptures of Tantra education into Tibetan language. The best thing about Marpa was he gained his knowledge from Indian gurus and traveled thrice to India and translated everything in Tibetan language.
Milarpa saw some kids and asked them where he can find Marpa. One of the kids escorted him to field where Marpa was ploughing. As Marpa saw Milarepa he offered him a local beer and asked him to drink it and plough the field. Milarepa did what Marpa asked and Marpa left from there but kid remained there. when work was done Milerepa had no clue what's next then kid approached him and asked Mileaepa to follow him to his home. This kid was Marpa's son.
Later Marpa made Milarepa do every type of work.
Please teach me the way of liberation so that I can end this life cycle, I don't want to take birth again, but please give me house and food ; Mileaepa said.
You decide, Marpa said.
If you want I can give you both food & house but look for liberation somewhere else or I can liberate you but you need to find your food & house somewhere else, Marpa said.
OK, I just need liberation and I'll manage food & house, Mileaepa replied.
Then Milarepa went on searching for food. Milarepa was warm blooded and whatever he does with all his energy. He collected wheat for a year so he doesn't need to look for food for whole year and he could learn the process of liberation without any interventions. He sold some of the food to buy utensil to cook food. Milarepa traveled afar for food and was carrying food on his back.
As Milarepa entered he threw the sack on the floor furiously, Marpa was eating that time. Marpa stopped eating and came out.
It seems you are angry, you jolted entire house with rumble sound of sack that you threw on the floor. I think you will demolish this house too like your uncle, get lost from here; Marpa said angrily.
As per your order I carried this food, it was too heavy; Milarepa begged.
Marpa wasn't ready to listen anything and asked him to leave because you aren't worthy of it.
You stay out and do other works like take care of fields, cleaning and all, Marpa ordered Milarepa.
Milarepa started doing this and did for years. Few other people too traveled from afar to Marpa to learn something but Milarepa never received any education.
More than 8 years Milarepa worked but not a single teaching session for him and on the other side so many other people came, learn and leave even for a day.
Milarepa kept doing everything like a slave for few more years.
One day Milarepa quietly entered in a sacred procession and sat where he wasn't allowed. Marpa's eyes were closed so Milarepa sat with other students thinking he would receive teaching.
Marpa's eyes were closed, he picked his staff and went near Milarepa and started beating him. Milarepa was among other students. Marpa Beat Milarepa and threw him out of the class. This happened many times but each time Marpa caught him and Milarepa was beaten.
Now it's been more than 13 years but Milarepa gained nothing. One day Milarepa implored to the wife of Marpa that if she can ask Marpa to teach him. She always empathized with Milarepa and she was like mother to Milarepa.
Hey mother, I implore you if you can ask Marpa to give me just one small teaching of liberation, I don't know anything even though I'm here with you for so many years now. Milarepa begged!
Marpa's wife asked Marpa to teach Milarepa, Marpa agreed on one condition that if Milarepa builds a home for his son. Milarepa has to do it alone.
I want 3 corners house, Marpa asked.
Milarepa built it. It took 2 years.
Marpa looked at the house and said it's not good for his son. Make house with 4 corners.
Milarepa built it.
It's not good enough, Make it with 5 corners, Marpa asked again.
Like this so many years went by. Milarepa kept building houses alone.
This is fine but for my son's house I need 60 feet tall minarets , Marpa asked.
Milarepa made four 60 feet tall minarets to each corner. Now Milarepa started getting old.
Hey mother, please do something, I getting old and I didn't learn even one single word, I beg you, please do something, Milarepa cried and begged to Marpa's wife.
I know, I have done terrible things in the past and misused my powers but haven't I done enough remorse for that, Milarepa said.
Marpa's wife felt pity for Milarepa and she wrote a letter with Marpa's seal to other teacher who had the same skills as Marpa has. She gave that letter to Milarepa and asked him to give this letter to that teacher who can help Milarepa getting his teachings.
Milarepa got teachings but nothing happened, he didn't experience anything. Even that other teacher was shocked as nothing happened to Milarepa.
Later Marpa learned about this act and he called Milarepa while disapproving authorities to that teacher.
Remorseful Milarepa was about to commit suicide then Marpa called him and asked him to sit and provided him teachings of liberation.
I was just trying to compensate your mistakes you have done in the past, Marpa explained. But you are taking too much time, if you'd gone by my word this all would be over long ago but you do everything and take one wrong way out but now you want to die for it, I think you are ready.
Then Marpa gave him teaching of Liberation.
On 3rd day of his teaching Dakini emerged to Milarepa.
Dakini is a goddess of Tantrik process who can be called for help. Without these powers no tantrik could do anything.
Marpa taught you well but he missed one very important point which he doesn't even know, Go and ask him if he knows that, Dakini said to Milarepa.
Milarepa reached to Marpa.
Why are you here? Marpa asked.
Milarepa told Marpa about his conversation with Dakini and what exactly happened.
Marpa bowed to Milarepa and accepted that he doesn't know this and asked him to go to India to find answers.
Both Marpa and Milarepa left for india to meet Marpa's guru who used to live on the border of Nepal & Bihar. They walked all the way and reached.
Marpa explained everything to his guru and told him that Dakini said it's not complete education.
Guru looked at Marpa and said, It's not your experience, how do you know that.
Then Marpa answered that it happened with his disciple then guru turned towards Tibet and bowed down and said finally a light emerged from darkness of the north.
Then Guru called both Marpa & Milarepa and gave them complete education to attain self liberation and both of them came back.
Marpa who started as a teacher of Milarepa is now disciple of Milarepa.
So many things which was done in Tibet was the result of Milarepa's work.
So that's the end of it. Hope you like the story. please Don't forget to Vote.