Mi la ras pa

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PersonType Category:Classical Tibetan Authors
MainNamePhon Milarepa
MainNameTib མི་ལ་རས་པ་
MainNameWylie mi la ras pa
YearBirth 1052
YearDeath 1135
TibDateGender Male
TibDateElement Water
TibDateAnimal Dragon
TibDateRabjung 1
ReligiousAffiliation Kagyu
StudentOf mar pa chos kyi blo gros
TeacherOf sgam po pa  ·  ras chung pa
BDRC https://www.tbrc.org/#!rid=P1853
Treasury of Lives http://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Milarepa/3178
IsInGyatsa No
BnwShortPersonBio The most famous and beloved of Tibetan yogins. Although he is associated most closely with the Bka' brgyud sect of Tibetan Buddhism, he is revered throughout the Tibetan cultural domain for his perseverance through hardship, his ultimate attainment of buddhahood in one lifetime, and for his beautiful songs. The most famous account of his life (the Mi la ras pa'i rnam thar, or “The Life of Milarepa”) and collection of spiritual songs (Mi la'i mgur 'bum, or “The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa”) are extremely popular throughout the Tibetan world. The themes associated with his life story—purification of past misdeeds, faith and devotion to the Guru, ardor in meditation and yogic practice, and the possibility of attaining buddhahood despite the sins of his youth—have inspired developments in Buddhist teaching and practice in Tibet. (Source: "Mi la ras pa." In The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, 541. Princeton University Press, 2014. http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt46n41q.27.)
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