Milarepa’s Final Song: The Monk Who Came Back from the Dark Side and Achieved Enlightenment

How do we navigate the Bardo at the moment of death? Let’s listen to the great Saint of Tibetan Buddhism. Milarepa’s final song describes our choices in that critical moment. His life of hardship, family betrayal, black magic, backbreaking work, near suicide, isolation, disillusionment, and finally freedom can be an inspiration to all of us who wish to ascend beyond the veil of illusion. In his youth Milarepa’s distraught mother begged him to avenge the cruel enslavement of his family. So he studied the dark arts and became proficient in black magic. He performed evil rituals and incantations that caused untold…