Rifugio Consigliere

Percorso ad anello da Campora passando per:
- Rifugio Sec Marisa Consigliere (5.8 km)
- Monte Cornizzolo (6.5 km)
Rifugio Consigliere e Cornizzolo partendo dal parcheggio della trattoria Brianzola in località Campora, comune di Pusiano, all' andata su sentiero poco battuto che non avevo mai fatto e tornando sulla stradina asfaltata chiusa al traffico





THE HUNDRED THOUSAND SONGS OF MILAREPA
You pay attention;
To talk of widows and relatives is your delight.
These three things enchant you.
Grandmother, are you so gentle when you gossip?
Question your own thought and your mind examine.
You should practice Buddha's teaching,
You need a qualified and dependable Guru,
And then things may be different for you.
To lift you from a chair is like pulling out a peg;
With feeble legs
You waddle like a thieving goose;
Earth and stone seem to shatter
When you drop into a seat;
Senile and clumsy is your body. ·
Grandmother, you have no choice but to obey.
Question your own thought and your mind examine.
You should practice the Buddha's teaching,
What you require is a qualified and dependable Guru,
And from that you may find out how you have changed.
Your skin is creased with wrinkles;
Your bones stand out sharply from your shrunken flesh;
You are deaf, dumb, imbecile, eccentric, and
tottering;
You are thrice deformed.
Grandmother, your ugly face is wrapped in wrinkles.
Question your own thought and your mind examine.
You should practice Buddha's teaching,
You need a qualified and dependable Guru,
And then things may be different for you.
Your food and drink are cold and foul,
Your coat is heavy and in rags,
Your bed so rough it tears the skin;2
These three are your constant companions.
Grandmother, you are now a wretch,
half woman and half bitch!
Question your own thought and your mind examine!
You should practice Buddha's teaching,
What you need is a qualified and dependable Guru,
And then things may be different for you.
A Woman's Role in the Dharma
To attain a higher birth and Liberation
Is harder than to see a star in daytime;
To fall into Saq1sara's wretched path
Is easy and happens often.
Now, with fear and grief at heart,
You watch the time of death draw nigh.
Grandmother, can you face death with confidence?
Question your own thought and your mind examine!
What you need is to practice the teaching of Buddha,
What you need is a qualified and dependable Guru.
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Upon hearing this profound, yet melodious song, the old woman
was so moved that she could not but develop a deep faith in the
Jetsun. Unconsciously her fists loosened, and the ashes slipped through
her fingers to the floor. She regretted what she had done to the
Jetsun, and to:.ched by his compassion and words, she could not
help shedding tears.
Meantime the girl in the field [whose name was Bardarbom] was just
entering the house. Seeing the old woman in tears she turned to
Milarepa and cried, "What is the matter? Did you, a follower of
Buddha, strike a poor old woman?" The grandmother quickly inter-
vened, "No, no, please do not wrongly accuse him! He never said
anything unkind to me. It was I who treated him wrongly. He gave
me such a proper and much-needed lesson that it moved me very
deeply. It also awakened me to my neglect of religion. I was touched
with such great remorse that it compelled me to shed tears. Oh, you
are young and different from me; you have faith as well as wealth,
and it is very fortunate for you to meet such a teacher as Milarepa.
You should give him offerings and service, and ask him to bestow
upon you the teachings and instructions."
The girl replied, "Both of you are very wonderful! Are you the
great Yogi, Milarepa? By merely meeting you I shall have accumu-
lated a great deal of merit. If you would kindly tell us your Lineage,
it will inspire us and also your other disciples. It will certainly change
our hearts. So, please do relate it for me."
Milarepa thought, "This is a well-gifted woman; she will become
a good disciple of mine." And so he sang:
The omnipresent Dharmakaya is Buddha
Sa manta bhadra;
The majestic Sambhogakaya is Buddha