An intimate, detailed look at the life of Milarepa, framing the links between his life and ours as students and practitioners. Topics include honesty, discipline, devotion, heroism, finding a teacher, and the importance of unmasking one’s neurosis in practice. Difficulties of Milarepa’s early life presented as an example according to Kagyu tradition, of everything in one’s experience being workable, as Milarepa attained enlightenment in one lifetime. The importance of celebration, and discipline as the path to basic sanity. This seminar provided some of the core material for the book MILAREPA: LESSONS FROM THE LIFE AND SONGS OF TIBET’S GREAT YOGI.