Returning home རང་ཡུལ་དུ་ཕྱིར་ཕེབས་པ།
At age 34, with permission from his guru, Marpa Lotsawa Chökyi Dorje and his consort Dagmema, Milarepa returned to his home town, Kyangatsa.
When he went home his mother had passed away already, and his sister’s whereabouts were unknown. Milarepa practiced for weeks at his childhood home to help his deceased parents’ path to liberation.
He then found a cave in Kyangasta area, where he meditated for several months, during which his provisions were provided by the people of the village including his previous enemy, his paternal aunt, to whom he gave all his family land and property. During this time he also met with his childhood betrothed, Dzesé.