Mi la ras pa

  

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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The Kagyu school traces its origin to the eleventh-century translator Marpa, who studied in India with Nāropa. Marpa's student Milarepa trained Gampopa, who founded the first monastery of the Kagyu order. As many as twelve subtraditions grew out from there, the best known being the Karma Kagyu, the Drikung, and the Drukpa.