Milarepa movie review

[Howard Wallace]

Glad you enjoyed it, Bookie. Some of the magical exploits in the Milarepa story seem to have something of a mythological element. It is interesting how modern technology has surpassed many of the old magics. The trance runner makes a journey in a day that takes a man traveling normally a week. A helicopter can carry someone there in an hour.

 

[ndoghouse]

Mr. Wallace your a wise man! Still working on the videos. Im enjoying the adventures and can identify with your philosophy:thumbup: Ill send you some Bull nettle nuts next fall. Maybe even some pesto. They are actually easier to harvest if you let them dry on the bush because they will crack open. You just have to watch them very closely and it takes more time because thats when the other critters get to them. Im the only critter dumb enough to get to them while they are still completely covered with spines
I also have another variety of stinging nettle on my property. It has a tall pole like stalk with long slender leaves. Sometimes a bit purplish. My wife picked a bunch of it and dried them this year. Im anxious to make some tea from it and see what its like. It doesnt sting near as bad as the Bull nettle. In fact I could probably stand a good flogging from it without too much trouble but forget the Bull nettle. Supposedly you can eat the root of the Bull nettle as well. I havent tryed it yet tho. Probably taste like chicken Ill add to the Cantina cookbook thread as I come up with stuff.

 

[Karda]

These videos are quite long, but worth watching, IMHO.
This is an in depth discussion of the life of Milarepa, but also touches quite thoroughly on the subjects of Dharma, Asceticism and the paths to enlightenment.
Although they are long, this mendicant much enjoyed hearing these subjects discussed in context to both the difference in time and culture.

[video=youtube_share;S5vdlnc3IyA]http://youtu.be/S5vdlnc3IyA[/video]

[video=youtube_share;SNY8LG9FVOU]http://youtu.be/SNY8LG9FVOU[/video]

[video=youtube_share;Ui0F32wZDik]http://youtu.be/Ui0F32wZDik[/video]

 

[Karda]

[video=youtube;8GJoxf6w6qk]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GJoxf6w6qk[/video]

 

[Howard Wallace]

...I also have another variety of stinging nettle on my property. It has a tall pole like stalk with long slender leaves. Sometimes a bit purplish. My wife picked a bunch of it and dried them this year. Im anxious to make some tea from it and see what its like. It doesnt sting near as bad as the Bull nettle. In fact I could probably stand a good flogging from it without too much trouble but forget the Bull nettle. Supposedly you can eat the root of the Bull nettle as well. I havent tryed it yet tho. Probably taste like chicken Ill add to the Cantina cookbook thread as I come up with stuff.

This sounds like it may be Milarepa's nettle. Take a look at the pictures at http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urtica_dioica . Although the article says they're green I've seen them edging towards purple. Various subspecies vary greatly in stinging ability, some not stinging at all. If you identify them as Urtica dioica you might try the young leaves as cooked greens. They're quite good and higher in protein (25% dry weight) than just about any other plant. That goes a way towards explaining why someone not too picky about variety could live on a diet of primarily nettles.

Urtica roots are recognized in Europe as effective against the symptoms of prostate enlargement. You'll see warnings from US doctors on the web warning people not to use it because they're concerned it will hide the symptoms of a prostrate cancer and they won't catch it.

I took the liberty of quoting your post on bull nettles in the cookbook. If you want to do a more elaborate post I can delete that quote.

 

[ndoghouse]

This sounds like it may be Milarepa's nettle. Take a look at the pictures at http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urtica_dioica . Although the article says they're green I've seen them edging towards purple. Various subspecies vary greatly in stinging ability, some not stinging at all. If you identify them as Urtica dioica you might try the young leaves as cooked greens. They're quite good and higher in protein (25% dry weight) than just about any other plant. That goes a way towards explaining why someone not too picky about variety could live on a diet of primarily nettles.

Urtica roots are recognized in Europe as effective against the symptoms of prostate enlargement. You'll see warnings from US doctors on the web warning people not to use it because they're concerned it will hide the symptoms of a prostrate cancer and they won't catch it.

I took the liberty of quoting your post on bull nettles in the cookbook. If you want to do a more elaborate post I can delete that quote.

Yep thats it! Here is a link to the same plant found all over my property. It stings for an hour or so but Bull nettle stings for days.
http://www.foragingtexas.com/2008/04/stinging-nettle.html
Cool! Thats good to know. Thanks for posting that in the cantina cookbook. It has so many medicinal uses. Ill do some more sampling this spring when it comes back up again. I believe its an annual and we already had a freeze so its gone for now. You can see in the pic that the leaves are green and the stems are a bit purple. Ill have to try some roots. Western docs say all kinds of crap and you cant trust most of them but anything that reduces swelling and increases circulation is better prevention as far as im concerned. I love any kind of greens. My wife and I even eat poke salat. It grows very plentiful here. They are a lot of fun to chop with a light fast Khuk. When they start to grow back they are young and tender and thats when we pick them. Deadly if not cooked or picked properly. They taste like a hearty spinach or kale and almost as thick as collard greens. OK gonna try to watch some more Milarepa vids.

 

[Shavru]

Had to look up the poke sallet thing to see what you were talking about since I had no idea. When I did it is extremely interesting and I enjoyed learning about this unique plant. fascinating, Thanks.