Milarepa
c. 1052-1135
c. 1052-1135
aka: Jetsun Milarepa, Mila Repa, Mila Raspa (Mila
the cotton-clad one),
Mila Thopaga (original name)
Tibetan yogi, mystic, poet...
born in Tibet
poor, hard childhood
sought spiritual path, masters, finally Marpa
became his master.
Gampopa was his disciple
songs of Milarepa collected in a book called The
Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa, or "Mila
Grubum" in Tibetan
the cotton-clad one),
Mila Thopaga (original name)
Tibetan yogi, mystic, poet...
born in Tibet
poor, hard childhood
sought spiritual path, masters, finally Marpa
became his master.
Gampopa was his disciple
songs of Milarepa collected in a book called The
Hundred Thousand Songs of Milarepa, or "Mila
Grubum" in Tibetan
| Milarepa was a mystic who lived in Tibet. One day a young man went to him and said, “I want to attain some powers. Please give me a mantra.” Milarepa said, “We don’t have any mantras. We are mystics. Mantras are for magicians, for jugglers – go to them. We don’t have any mantras – why should we need powers?” But the more Milarepa refused the more the young man thought that there must be something there – “Why else should he refuse?” So he kept returning to Milarepa again and again... --Osho The Inner Journey, ch. 4 |
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