Milarepa

Milarepa

Jetsun Milarepa (Tibetan: རྗེ་བཙུན་མི་ལ་རས་པ, Wylie: rje btsun mi la ras pa, 1028/40–1111/23) was a Tibetan siddha, who was famously known as a murderer when he was a young man, before turning to Buddhism and becoming a highly accomplished Buddhist disciple. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Milarepa has received more than 818,065 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia. Milarepa is the 223rd most popular philosopher (up from 241st in 2019), the 100th most popular biography from China (up from 120th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Chinese Philosopher.

Milarepa is most famous for being a Tibetan Buddhist saint and yogi who was born into a poor farming family. He was a student of Marpa the Translator, who was his guru. Milarepa studied under Marpa for many years and mastered the teachings and practices of Tibetan Buddhism.