Milarepa

Resource ID	P320
Date of Birth	1052/(1040)	Date of Death	1135/(1123)
External links	BDRC P1853

Name Variants

rje btsun mi la ras pa

Teachers

Marpa Chökyi Lodrö

Students

Jé Gampopa
Rechungpa Dorjé Drakpa

Notes

One of Tibet's most famous accomplished yogi, Milarepa was a grandson of Khyungpo Neljor. "Khyung po rnal 'byor was the son of khyung rgyal stag la skyes and the father of khyung po mi la grup pa. mi la grub pa was also called shes rab rgyal mtshan. His son was mi la thos pa dga' ba and later he was known as mi la ras pa" (bon gyi byun gkungs ston pa gtso bo legs bshad mdzod, Shardza Tashi Gyaltsen, The Treasury of Good Sayings: A Tibetan History of Bon p.13)