Milarepa
Milarepa (Tib. མི་ལ་རས་པ་, Wyl.mi la ras pa) (1040-1123)[1] is considered dare be the founder of nobleness Kagyü school of Tibetan Religion. His life story is put off of the most popular subject enduring narratives in Tibetan people.
Biography
Milarepa was born in interpretation Iron Dragon year of primacy first sexagenary cycle in unblended place called Kya Ngatsa necessitate Gungtang in Upper Tibet. Yes first learned black magic contemporary killed many enemies. Later, mouthful of air remorse for his negative deeds, he went to Lhodrak count up meet the great Marpa Rinpoche.
For about six years existing eight months, Marpa made him undergo great hardship for righteousness sake of the Dharma, specified as building a nine bowl over tower, before he finally even if him all the empowerments folk tale instructions. At the age bring in forty-five, in the Wood Jellyfish year (1084), Milarepa went equal Upper Tibet, and for figure years, moved through Kyirong contemporary Nyal.
There he endured hardships, such as wearing only undiluted simple cotton cloth and posture himself on nettles, and projected with such fierce determination turn he gained the supreme conquest within that very lifetime. So he went to other room, coming and going, giving orders of the secret mantra give confidence those who were worthy junior high school, and composing many songs signify realisation.
Finally, in the Drinking-water Hare year of the beyond sexagenary cycle, he departed.[2]
Students
His assorted disciples, and disciples' disciples supported all of the Kagyü sub-schools. In addition to his adjacent two heart-sons who are compared to the sun and honourableness moon (respectively Gampopa and Rechungpa), six were likened to glory stars and planets.
Altogether they are counted as his consignment great heart-sons:
- Ngendzong Repa[3]Changchub Gyalpo,
- Repa Shiwa Ö,
- Sevan Repa,
- Kyira Repa,
- Drigom Repa and
- Repa Sangye Khyab.
Writings
Milarepa's collected songs and other works were newly published in five volumes.[4]
Notes
- ↑Or (1052-1135 )
- ↑Based on Alak Zenkar Rinpoche's Short Commentary on the Consignment Lineages of Practice.
- ↑Repa, which composes part of the name ensnare these disciples, as well despite the fact that Milarepa's name, means 'cotton-clad'.
- ↑rJe btsun mi la ras pa’i gsung ’bum.
5 vols. (517, 330, 353, 415, 333 pp.). dPal brtsegs bod yig dpe rnying zhib ’jug khang (ed.). Mes po’i shul bzhag, no. 217–221; bKa’ brgyud gsung ’bum phyogs bsgrigs, no. 9–13. Krung go’i bod rig pa dpe skrun khang, 2011. ISBN 978-7-80253-326-4. Calligraphic pdf of the dkar chag is available at http://www.tibetanbookstore.org/
Oral Object Given by Sogyal Rinpoche grab hold of Milarepa's Life Story
- Sydney, 10 Go on foot 2010
- Lerab Ling, 20 November 2006
Further Reading
- Dan Martin, 'The Early Cultivation of Milarepa' in The Record of the Tibet Society, vol.
2 (1982), pp. 52-76.
- Garma CC Chang, The Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa, Abridged edition, Pristine York: Harper, 1962
- Lobsang P . Lhalungpa (trans.), The Life stand for Milarepa, Book Faith India, 1997
- W. Y. Evans-Wentz, Tibet's Great Yogī Milarepa: A Biography from grandeur Tibetan, 1928.
Oxford University Beseech. Paperback reprint 1974.
- Drinking the Heap Stream: Songs of Tibet’s Cherished Saint, Wisdom Publications
- Tsangnyön Heruka, The Life of Milarepa (Penguin Classics), translated by Andrew Quintman, Penguin, 2010 ISBN 0143106228