Happiness And Misery, Drawing The Line

By Milarepa


Someone who rests in the act of self-recognition
And is therefore in contact with basic reality
This is a yogi and happy at any time
Someone like this is a yogi and always content

A dharma practitioner chasing after delusion
Caught up in creating a welter of suffering
This is a person unhappy at any time
This is a person who's always miserable

Someone who rests in a state which is not artificial
Is unchanging and pure in the midst of whatever occurs
This is a yogi and happy at any time
Someone like this is a yogi and always content

For a dharma practitioner caught in events and reacting
Both likes and dislikes pile up all by themselves
This is a person unhappy at any time
This is a person who's always miserable



Someone who's realized appearance as dharmakaya
Has cut through the hopes and the fears and the hesitations
This is a yogi and happy at any time
Someone like this is a yogi and always content



A dharma practitioner careless and full of pretenses
And not on top of the eight worldly dharmas at all
This is a person unhappy at any time
This is a person who's always miserable

Someone who knows that everything is mind
Is able to use whatever appears as a resource
This is a yogi and happy at any time
Someone like this is a yogi and always content

A dharma practitioner lost in this life's distractions
Will find a great deal to regret at the time of death
This is a person unhappy at any time
This is a person who's always miserable

Someone who's mastered a measure of realization
Can settle in a natural mind's natural presence
This is a yogi and happy at any time
Someone like this is a yogi and always content

A dharma practitioner shackled in lots of desires
who is self-indulgent and scrounging for attention
This is a person unhappy at any time
This is a person who's always miserable

The one for whom labels are freed on the spot where they're
forming
Has an unbroken flow of insightful experiences
This is a yogi and happy at any time
Someone like this is a yogi and always content



A dharma practitioner caught in conventional terms
Will not gain conclusive discernment applying to mind
This is a person unhappy at any time
This is a person who's always miserable

Someone who's given up worldly pursuits and involvements
Is free of self-interest and narrow-minded objectives
This is a yogi and happy at any time
Someone like this is a yogi and always content

A dharma person whose struggle is geared to provisions
Whose only perspective is caring for family and friends
This is a person unhappy at any time
This is a person who's always miserable

Someone who's turned from attachment from within
With the realization that everything is illusion
This is a yogi and happy at any time
Someone like this is a yogi and always content



A dharma practitioner taking a path of distraction
Sells his own body and speech into slavery
This is a person unhappy at any time
This is a person who's always miserable

Someone who rides on the horse of diligence
Will go through the levels and travel all freedom's paths
This is a yogi and happy at any time
Someone like this is a yogi and always content

A dharma practitioner shackled in laziness
Will sink like an anchor into the brine of samsara
This is a person unhappy at any time
This is a person whose always miserable

Someone who's listened, reflected and cut hesitation
Then contemplates the panorama of mind
This is a yogi and happy at any time
Someone like this is a yogi and always content

A dharma practitioner claiming to practice the dharma
Whose way of behaving is really a case of wrongdoing
This is a person unhappy at any time
This is a person who's always miserable

Someone who's cut through the hoping and fearing and
doubting
And rests in the natural state without interruption
This is a yogi and happy at any time
Someone like this is a yogi and always content


A dharma practitioner led by the nose by the others
Who flatters and humors them just to get their applause
This is a person unhappy at any time
This is a person who's always miserable

Someone who's left the cares of this life behind
And is always engaged in practicing excellent dharma
This is a yogi and happy at any time
Someone like this is a yogi and always content

Milarepa