AKA:
གྲུབ་ཆེན་མི་ལའི་རྣམ་ཐར།
Synopsis:
Milarepa is generally considered one of Tibet's most famous yogis and
poets, a student of Marpa Lotsawa, and a major figure in the history of
the Kagyu (Bka'-brgyud) school of Tibetan Buddhism.
In a superhuman
effort, he rose above the miseries of his younger life and with the help
of his Guru, Marpa the Translator, took to a solitary life of
meditation until he had achieved the pinnacle of the enlightened state,
never to be born again into the Samsara of worldly existence. Out of
compassion for humanity, he undertook the most rigid asceticism to reach
the Buddhic state of enlightenment and to pass his accomplishments on
to the rest of humanity. His spiritual lineage was passed along to his
chief disciples, Gambopa and Rechung. It was Rechung who recorded in
detail the incidents of Milarepa's life for posterity. The narrative of
his life has thus been passed down through almost a millennium of time
and has become an integral part of Tibetan culture. Milarepa
extemporaneously composed innumerable songs throughout his life relevant
to the dramatic turns of events of himself and his disciples in
accordance with an art form that was in practice at the time. These
songs have been widely sung and studied in Tibet ever since and have
been recorded as the Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa. His faithful
devotion, boundless religious zeal, monumental forbearance, superhuman
perseverance, and ultimate final attainment are a great inspiration
today for all.
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