For the purpose of cleansing Jetsun Milarepa of his obstructions, Marpa made him build a nine-story tower by himself. Sores formed on Milarepa’s back as a result, exposing his spine. When Marpa was conferring initiations on others, he would eject Milarepa from the rows of initiates.
On those occasions, Milarepa became so overwhelmed with despair that he thought, ‘May the ground open up and swallow me!’ However, Marpa’s only wish was to cleanse Milarepa of his karmic obstructions and he did not harbour the slightest selfish desire.
For the purpose of cleansing Jetsun Milarepa of his obstructions, Marpa made him build a nine-story tower by himself. Sores formed on Milarepa’s back as a result, exposing his spine. When Marpa was conferring initiations on others, he would eject Milarepa from the rows of initiates.
On those occasions, Milarepa became so overwhelmed with despair that he thought, ‘May the ground open up and swallow me!’ However, Marpa’s only wish was to cleanse Milarepa of his karmic obstructions and he did not harbour the slightest selfish desire.
In 2014, Pavel Durov fled the country after allies of the Kremlin took control of the social networking site most know just as VK. Russia's intelligence agency had asked Durov to turn over the data of anti-Kremlin protesters. Durov refused to do so. "He has kind of an old-school cyber-libertarian world view where technology is there to set you free," Maréchal said. Either way, Durov says that he withdrew his resignation but that he was ousted from his company anyway. Subsequently, control of the company was reportedly handed to oligarchs Alisher Usmanov and Igor Sechin, both allegedly close associates of Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 230 points, or 0.7%. Meanwhile, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite dropped 1.3% and 2.2%, respectively. All three indexes began the day with gains before selling off.
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