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" Then he sang:
Due to my meditation on the instructions I have received from Marpa Lotsawa, I have seen the nature ofthe mind.

Word:

received

Question:

How did the speaker come to see the nature of the mind?

Answer (optional):

According to the passage, Milarepa came to see the nature of the mind through meditation and the instructions he received from his root guru, Marpa Lotsawa. He explains that his realization of the true nature of phenomena has made his body insubstantial like a rainbow, and transformed his defilements into wisdoms, dispelling the darkness of ignorance from his mind. Milarepa also states that he has attained the general siddhis, but the realization of the true nature transcends them. When asked to give an example of "seeing the nature of the mind," Milarepa sings a song that explains that the mind has no true reality and is therefore unborn and unceasing, and that one can only see the nature of the mind through the blessing of the root guru and lineage gurus.