Life of the murderer saint Milarepa

Overlooking Pelgyeling Gompa, Milarepa's Cave, Tibet

Jetsun Milarepa (Tibetan རྗེ་བཙུན་མི་ལ་རས་པ, Wylie rje btsun mi la ras pa) [1] was a Tibetan siddha, who was famously a murderer when he was a young man, before turning to Buddhism and becoming a highly accomplished Buddhist disciple.

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).

• The Life of Milarepa movie (watchnow.com)

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