Barlassina

Parco Groane, percorso ad anello tra Barlassina e Cogliate. Camminata nel verde tra boschi e prati, pianeggiante, si svolge prevalentemente sugli sterrati del parco tranne un breve tratto di collegamento su strada asfaltata





THE HUNDRED THOUSAND SONGS OF MILAREPA
Please protect her from the Five Poisonous
Cravings.27
I, the depraved woman with ugly form,
take refuge in you,
And rely on the instructions you have given.
I herewith renounce my malicious intentions.
From now until the time I achieve Buddhahood,
I swear to protect the yogis, and befriend
.all who meditate.
I will serve and assist the followers
Of the Doctrine, the observers of the Precepts.
To advanced yogis and the Dharma, I shall be
an honest servant.
Thereupon, Draug Srin Mo swore before Milarepa that in the future
she would never harm anyone. She also took an oath to protect all
who meditate. In order to guide Draug Srin Mo. Milarepa then sang:
I am the venerable one who has renounced Sarpsara;
I am the noble son of my Guru;
In me are stored the precious teachings;
A Buddhist with great sincerity and devotion am I.
I am the yogi who perceives the essence of being;
I am like a mother to all sentient beings;
I am a man who has courage and perseverance,
The holder of the spirit of Gautama Buddha,
The master of the Heart-aspiring-to-Bodhi.
I am the one who always adheres to kindness;
With great compassion I have subdued all
evil thoughts.
I am the one who stays in the cave of Linba,
Who practices meditation without distraction.
Do you think you are happy now? You confused,
wretched hag!
If you have not found happiness, it is your
own fault.
Beware! Your clinging-to-Ego ~ is greater
Challenge from a Wise Demoness
Pay heed! Your emotions are stronger
than yourself.
Oh, specter, your vicious will is far
wickeder than yourself;
Your habitual-thought is more characteristic
than yourself;
Your ceaseless mental activity29 is more
frantic than yourself!
To maintain the existence of a ghost,
Only brings about mischief;
To understand the non-existence of a ghost
Is the way of Buddha;
To know that ghost and Reality are one
Is the way to Liberation.
Knowing that the ghosts are all one's parents
Is the right understanding;
Realizing that the ghost itself is Self-mind
Is glory supreme.
You will be emancipated from all fetters
If you realize the truth that I have stated;
This is my instruction to you, demoness!
To become my disciple you must observe the
precepts.
Violate not the rules of Vajrayana,30
Debase not the great Compassion,
Afflict not the body, word, and mind of Buddhists.
If you ever violate these rules.
You can be assured of plummeting to
the Vajra Hell! 31
Recite these important rules three times;
Remember their meaning and practice them.
Let us now make a wish, and may the boon
come quickly to you!
With the peerless Bodhi-Heart, inconceivably
great, may you have great happiness.
In your future life,
May you then become my chief disciple,