Veleso- sasso del Calvarone - monte Colmenacco

Escursione nel triangolo Lariano Percorso ad anello da Veleso passando per:
-Erno
-alpe Colmenacco
- Sasso del Calvarone
- Monte Colmenacco (6.6 km)
- La Forcoletta (6.9 km)
- monti di Erno
- baita Miralario

Il sentiero da Erno all' Alpe colmenacco non è segnalato in alcun modo e a tratti è difficile da distinguere tra le foglie, ma è fattibile.
Per salire sul Sasso del Calvarone bisogna montare su una scala a pioli in legno di tre o quattro metri



THE HUNDRED THOUSAND SONGS OF MILAREPA
These four are my heavenly and lasting wives.
Delusive and deceiving are your worldly companions,
They are but temporary friends, inclined to quarrel;
Without hesitation, I throw them all away.
Mind-Awareness is my new-born babe,
Experience of Meditation is my infant,
Understanding-and-Realization is my child,
And the grown youth who can keep the
Doctrine is my young companion.
These four are my lasting, heavenly sons.
Your worldly offspring are delusive and deceitful;
Without hesitation I throw them all away.
I wish sincerely that I and you, the good
folk of Gung Tang,
Through the Karma-affinity of this conversation,
May meet once more in the Pure Land of Oujen.8
The villagers, strongly moved with faith, then made obeisance and
offerings to Milarepa. Later, they all became his sincere disciples.
After this, Milarepa went to the upper part of Goat Hill (Ra La)
where he found Silk Cave (Zhaoo Pug). Now, there was at Goat Hill
a youth, who in his early infancy had lost his father. He was a fine,
intelligent boy, whom his mother and uncle jointly supported. Having
an excellent memory, he could recite a great many stories and ser-
mons from the Buddhist Siitras. Thus he always received many gifts
from the people. 7 One day, while herding oxen on his donkey in the
upper part of the valley, he came upon the cave where Milarepa was
meditating. Thinking that he heard someone singing, he got off the
donkey, left the oxen, and approached the cave. As soon as he saw
Milarepa, an ineffable experience of Samadhi arose within him, and
for a moment he stood transfixed in ecstasy. (Afterwards, he became
a Heart-Son of Milarepa-the renowned Rechung Dorje Dragpa.)
Awakened thus from Karma, an immutable faith toward the Jetsun
arose within the boy. He offered Milarepa all the gifts that he had ac-
quired for his services. Then he stayed with him to learn the Dharma,
completely forgetting his mother and uncle. Because of this, he nat-
urally received no income, and his mother and uncle thought, "what
has happened? [Where is he?) Have people stopped paying him?"
With misgivings they began asking the patrons whether they had duly
paid Rechungpa. Everybody said that he had been paid.
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dawned upon the uncle and mother [where the boy must be, and] that
all the gifts must have been offered to Milarepa. They tried in every
way to stop Rechungpa from continuing in this course, but to no
avail. The young lad remained with Milarepa ;.nd learned the Dharma
from him. Before long, the Experience and Realization of meditation
grew within him. By virtue of mastering the art of Heat Yoga he was
able to wear merely a single piece of cotton clothing, and thus earned
the name of Rechungpa. 8
Meanwhile, Rechungpa's mother and uncle became very angry. They
sent him a pot on which a curse had been placed.9 As a result,
Rechungpa contracted leprosy.10 Hoping to be cured, he confined him-
self [in the hermitage] for meditation.
One day, five Indian yogis arrived, to whom Rechungpa offered
some roasted barley which had been sent by his mother and uncle.
While the Indians were eating they exclaimed, "What a deadly dis-
ease! What a deadly disease!" They knew that Rechungpa had caught
leprosy. Rechungpa then asked them whether there was any cure. One
of the yogis said, "You are indeed a pitiful person deserving of sym-
pathy, and I feel for you. I have a Guru called Wala Tsandra who
may be able to relieve you. As he will not be coming to Tibet, you
will have to go to India." And so Rechungpa asked the Jetsun for per-
mission to go. Milarepa agreed and sang as a parting gift:
I pray my Guru to whom I owe immense gratitude,
I pray you to protect and bless my son, Rechungpa.
Son, you should renounce the world,
And work hard at the Dharma.
To the Guru, Patron Buddha,11 and the Three
Precious Ones,
You should pray with sincere heart and not
just words.
Bear this in mind when you travel in India.
By taking the food of Perseverance in Samadhi,
By wearing the clothes of Ah Tung,12
And by riding the horse of the magic
Pral)a-Mind,13
'Thus, my son, should you travel in India.
You should always keep the non-defiled mind clean;
You should always remember the silver-bright
mirror of the Tantric Precept,