The Story of MILAREPA: The SINGING SAINT who healed Tibet (Part 3)
(Buddha's Wisdom) Aug. 23, 2025: 🔍 THE MOMENT A KILLER'S VOICE BECAME TIBET'S MOST SACRED SOUND
What if a mass murderer could transform into Tibet’s greatest yogi? This is the story of Jetsun Milarepa, the sorcerer who killed 35 people with black magic…only to become one of Buddhism’s most beloved enlightened masters.
In this episode, we witness his final test in the cave of nettles, where supernatural demons appeared, and how his spontaneous songs of realization dissolved fear, healed trauma, and reshaped Tibetan Buddhism forever.
Part 1: • The Story of MILAREPA: The Sorcerer Who B...
Part 2: • The Story of MILAREPA: The Cave Where a Ki...
DISCOVER:
The night Milarepa’s demons transformed into wisdom beings
How his Hundred Thousand Songs began in the cave of nettles
His reunion with family and songs of forgiveness
Why villagers who once feared him became his followers
How Milarepa’s voice spread across Tibet, creating a Buddhist lineage
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00 The Enlightened Voice That Echoes Through Eternity
02:19 Chapter 1: When Demons Become Buddhist Teachers
06:44 Chapter 2: Songs of Buddhist Forgiveness and Family Healing
11:48 Chapter 3: The Wandering Years
15:55 Chapter 4: Sacred Songs That Transform Mountains
There is such a mass murderer who became a "saint" (a fully-enlightened individual, an arhat) at the time of the historical Buddha. He is remembered by the nickname Anguli-mala ("Finger-garland"). How could it be? How could a murderer become a saint? That is perhaps best answered with the Christian saying, "Every saint has a past; every sinner a future."
That means WE have hope so long as we have not killed too many victims in the past, IF we also have the skillful karma and ripening good fortune (vipaka, phala) to come across a teacher able to see our potential to awaken and teach us in such a way that we fulfill our potential.
(Buddhist Insights Journey) In today’s fast-paced world, finding peace can feel difficult. However, the timeless wisdom of the historical Buddha reminds us that true tranquility lies within. The "Buddha Story Motivational and Calm Your Mind" brings inspiring tales from the Buddha’s life, offering lessons to uplift, soothe, and guide toward inner peace. These stories help overcome challenges, reduce stress, and find harmony, showing that calm begins with the mind and has the power to transform life.
00:00 Intro: Buddha motivational stories to calm the mind
00:41 1. The Parable of the Burning House
04:44 2. The Bamboo Grove and Patience
09:21 3. The Story of the Lost Ox sound
13:41 4. The Buddha and the Mirror
17:28 5. The Parable of the Poisoned Honey
21:44 6. The Fasting Monk and Compassion
26:09 7. The Story of the Generous King
30:08 8. The Monk and the Tree
34:40 9. The Story of the Rich Man and His Wishes
40:43 10. Story of the Buddha and the Beggar
44:32 11. The Parable of the Blind Men and the Elephant
47:46 12. The Buddha and the Robe of Gratitude
51:05 13. The Lesson of the Golden Fish
55:46 14. The Serial Killer Angulimala who became a Saint
01:04:03 15. The Buddha and the Broken Bowl
01:07:03 16. The Parable of the Snake
01:10:36 17. Story The Buddha and the Hungry Tigress
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Overlooking Pelgyeling Gompa, Milarepa's Cave, Tibet
Jetsun Milarepa (Tibetan རྗེ་བཙུན་མི་ལ་རས་པ, Wylie rje btsun mi la ras pa) [1] was a Tibetan siddha, who was famously a murderer when he was a young man, before turning to Buddhism and becoming a highly accomplished Buddhist disciple.
The nine-story tower Milarepa built alone, Sekhar Gutok, Lhodrag, Tibet
He is generally considered one of Tibet's most famous yogis and spiritual poets, whose teachings are known among several schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
He was a student of Marpa Lotsawa, and a major figure in the history of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism [1].
Milarepa's life-story is famous in Tibetan culture and retold many times. The best-known hagiography, The Life of Milarepa, written by Tsangnyön Heruka (1452–1507) in the 15th century and drawing from older biographies, is still very popular... More
BIGGEST American war crime cover-up of the Vietnam War
(A Day in History) Sept. 19, 2023: What happens when a group of young American soldiers are let loose in the wilderness with no oversight and a simple instruction: kill anything that moves?
"Tiger Force" is the answer, an elite recon group of the American War on Vietnam whose war crimes were covered up by the US government for decades.
This video looks at the atrocities committed by the men of Tiger Force as they descended into barbarity in the jungles of Vietnam and how the US government tried to hide it from the world.
Origins of Tiger Force
Tiger Force was a long-range reconnaissance patrol unit of the 1st Battalion, 327th Infantry, 101st Airborne Division.
Like Hitler, we're just following the US example.
It was formed in Nov. 1965 by Major David Hackworth to, quote, “out-guerrilla the guerrillas.” He put it more frankly to another reporter. “I want 40 swinging dicks,” Hackworth had said, men who were free to use their own judgment, skill, and drive to conduct unrestrained warfare [war crime massacres] in the toughest areas of Vietnam to clear.
It usually numbered about 45 men at any one time, but people would rotate out every few months.
For example, 120 different men served in the Tiger Force between July and Dec. 1967.
Usually, Tiger Force would be dropped into an operational area and given effectively free reign to achieve their goal.
Military command maintained minimal oversight of their activities: So long as they racked up a body-count, the brass were happy.
Many soldiers embraced the freedom to kill and lack of bureaucracy that Tiger Force provided, but the absence of accountability or oversight would lead the men of Tiger Force down a dark path.
Arriving in Song Ve
Vietnam? Who cares? We've done worse.
The events that would enshrine them in the history books began to unfold in summer 1967 when the Tiger Force was sent into the Song Ve Valley.
The Song Ve Valley was an agricultural hotspot that was allegedly a hiding place for the Viet Cong (VC) and North Vietnamese Army (NVA).
Tiger Force was instructed to clear out remaining residents of the valley to a nearby refugee camp and then sweep the area for VC soldiers and food caches.
The valley was declared a "free-fire" area -- "shoot first, ask questions later." Civilian casualties were still unacceptable in theory, but enforcing that condition was a whole other matter.
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