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| Overlooking Pelgyeling Gompa, Milarepa's Cave, Tibet |
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| The nine-story tower Milarepa built alone, Sekhar Gutok, Lhodrag, Tibet |
He is generally considered one of Tibet's most famous yogis and spiritual poets, whose teachings are known among several schools of Tibetan Buddhism.
He was a student of Marpa Lotsawa, and a major figure in the history of the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism [1].
He is also famous for the feat of climbing Mount Kailash (thought by Tibetans to be holy Mt. Sumeru, the center of Buddhist cosmology).
Biography — The Life of Milarepa
Milarepa's life-story is famous in Tibetan culture and retold many times. The best-known hagiography, The Life of Milarepa, written by Tsangnyön Heruka (1452–1507) in the 15th century and drawing from older biographies, is still very popular... More
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