The ultimate practice is not to consider
Distractions and drowsiness as faults.
Doing so to stave them off is like
Kindling a lamp in bright daylight.
Milarepa
from the book
translated by Garma C. C. Chang
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Further quotes from the book The Hundred Thousand Songs Of Milarepa :
- The Song of the Seven Truths
- The Song of the Twelve Deceptions
- Human expectations
- In the realm of mind essence
- The Eight Reminders