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 The Hundred Thousand Songs Of Milarepa

translated by Garma C. C. Chang


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• The Song of the Twelve Deceptions
• Human expectations
• In the realm of mind essence
• The Eight Reminders