Milarepa

Milarepa mi la ras pa, rje btsun mi la ras pa, (1040-1123)

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Jetsun Milarepa (1040-1123)

Famed yogi and patriarch of the Kagyu lineage. One of the most famous yogis and poets in Tibetan religious history. Most of the teachings of the Kagyu schools passed through him. He was the main disciple of Marpa, the translator. His two main students were his “sun-like” disciple Gampopa and his “moon-like“ disciple Rechungpa. The picture shows one of three very old and sacred statues of Milarepa which are kept in Lapchi (la phyi), one of the places where Milarepa stayed for a long time meditating in various caves. This particular one belonged to Tsang Nyon Heruka (gtsang smyon he ru ka), (1452-1507) who compiled and published Milarepa’s biography (mi la rnam thar) and spiritual songs (mi la mgur 'bum) while doing retreat in Lapchi in 1488.

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Main Teachers

• Marpa
  

Main Students

The eight great sons:

• Je Gampopa, the sun-like son
  
• Rechungpa, the moon-like son
  

and the star-like sons:

• Ngendzong Jangchub Gyalpo
  
• Repa Shiwa O
  
• Seban Repa
  
• Kyira Repa
  
• Drigom Repa
  
• Repa Sangye Khyab
  

The thirteen close sons:

• Shengom Repa
  
• Lengom Repa
  
• Megom Repa
  
• Tsaphu Repa
  
• Kharchung Repa
  
• Rongchung Repa
  
• Taggom Repa Dorje Wangchuk
  
• Jogom Repa Darma Wangchuk
  
• Dampa Gyakphuwa
  
• Likor Charupa
  
• Lotön Gendün
  
• Kyotön Shakya Guna
  
• Dretön Tashi Bar
  

The four highly developed daughters:

• Tshonga Rechungma
  
• Nyanang Sale O
  
• Chung Paldar Bum
  
• Peta Gonkyi
  

Main Lineages

• Kagyu
  

Alternate Names

• Jetsun Milarepa
  
• Jetsun Mila Shepa Dorje
  
• Mila Shepa Dorje
  

Other Reference Sources

• Tibet's Great Yogi Milarepa: A Biography from the Tibetan being the Jetsun-Kahbum or Biographical History of Jetsun-Milarepa, According to the Late Lama Kazi Dawa-Samdup's English Rendering; edited by W Y Evans Wentz ISBN 0195003012,
• Life of Milarepa; translated by Lobsang Lhalungpa; ISBN 0394726960,
• Biography of the Great Yogi Milarepa by Tsang Nyon Heruka; ISBN 0140193502
• The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa compiled by Tsang Nyon Heruka; ISBN 0486428141
• Ten Teachings from 100,000 Songs of Milarepa by Thrangu Rinpoche, translated by Peter Roberts; ISBN 8170307007
• The Message Of Milarepa: New Light Upon The Tibetan Way; Translated by Humphrey Clarke
• Herr der Yogis, Tsang Nyon Heruka: Translated into German by Thomas Roth, forthcoming.
• Drinking the Mountain Stream: Songs of Tibet's Beloved Saint, Milarepa, Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpoche, ISBN 0861710630

Internal Links

• Kagyu