27/08/2019
Milarepa's Birthday + Dakini and Vajrayogini Day
📅 Sunday, 25 August 2019
This is the Birthday of Jetsun Milarepa (25th day of the 7th Lunar month).
When his father died, Milarepa was only seven years old. His relatives stole his father’s property, and Milarepa’s mother forced him to learn black magic to wreak revenge. Milarepa became adept at black magic and killed many people but, in time, he came to regret his actions and looked for a way to shed his bad karma. He was told to seek out Marpa the Translator.
Marpa gave Milarepa a very hard apprenticeship. Finally, though, Marpa transmitted the precious Kagyu transmissions to Milarepa, who practiced them in isolated mountain retreats for many years, gained enlightenment, and became famous for his spiritual songs of realization.
Read more about the life of Milarepa: https://www.karmapa.org/milarepa/
Dakini and Vajrayogini Day: (25th day of the Lunar month.) Tsok offering and celebration. To be observed in the same way as the Guru Rinpoche Day.
