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Milarepa Songs of Realization Saturday and Sunday Dharma Protector April 22 & 23, 10AM~5PM Achi Chokyi Drolma Songs of Realization Teaching With Venerable Khenpo Samdup Saturday and Sunday April 8 & 9 10AM~5PM Milarepa was an 11th century 's most famous , Buddhist poet and saint, a cotton-clad yogi who Dharma Protector Achi Chokyi Drolma spent most of his adult life practicing meditation in Empowerment, Explanations & Practice seclusion and wandered from village to village, With Venerable Khenpo Samdup teaching the path to buddhahood through his spontaneously composed songs of realization. Wherever he went, crowds of people gathered to Achi Chokyi Drolma is an enlightened being, an hear his sweet-sounding voice “singing the Dharma.” emanation of . Achi was born in the Drikung area of Tibet and was the great- Milarepa’s poems are filled with fascinating tales of grandmother of Drikungpa Jigten Sumgön. Achi miraculous encounters and colorful imagery, and manifests in many different forms and in different present a valuable insight into the living quality ways according to what is necessary to benefit of . Milarepa's life represented the sentient beings and further the Dharma teach- ideal bodhisattva, and is a testament to the unity and ings. She removes obstacles. inner and outer Those interdependency of all Buddhist teachings – who practice her meditation and recite her are Theravada, Mahayana and . sure to be protected from obstacles and hindrances.

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