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ISSN 2753-4812
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Milarepa Series

Tibetan Masters Milarepa

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In the darkness of the lands to the North

Is one just like a snow-capped peak in the rising sun,

He who is known as Töpa Ga, 'Joyous to Hear,'

To that great being, I pay homage!

Texts by and about the great yogi Jetsün Milarepa (mi la ras pa, 1040–1123), Tibet’s most famous poet-saint:

Guru Yoga

by Situ Pema Nyinjé Wangpo
A simple practice of guru yoga focussing on three central figures of the Kagyü tradition: Marpa Lotsāwa, Milarepa and Gampopa.
Guru Yoga Kagyü 25 Oct 2021
by Jokyab Pema Trinlé Nyingpo
This guru yoga for Jetsün Milarepa (1040–1123), Tibet's most celebrated yogin and poet, is part of a series of three guru yoga practices focussing on Marpa, Milarepa and Gampopa.
Guru Yoga 1 Nov 2021
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A short guru yoga of Milarepa composed in 1955 or 1956 at at Tsurphu, the grand monastery of the Karmapas, at the request of Sogyal Tulku (1947–2019).
Guru Yoga 8 May 2020
by Tenth Pawo Rinpoche
A simple guru yoga practice focusing on the great poet-yogi Milarepa; it includes the standard elements of visualisation, invocation, mantra recitation, dissolution and dedication.
Guru Yoga 26 Sep 2016
by Jokyab Pema Trinlé Nyingpo
Additional liturgies to accompany the same author's three guru yoga practices dedicated to Marpa Lotsāwa, Milarepa and Gampopa—A Drop of Sunshine, A Drop of Moonlight, and A Drop of Jewels.
Guru Yoga Kagyü 1 Nov 2021

Praise

by Nāropa
This four-line verse of praise, which is attributed to Nāropa, appears in Milarepa’s famous biography by Tsangnyön Heruka.
Praise 11 Mar 2017
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö praises the great eleventh-century poet and yogi Milarepa, describing him as a ‘crown-jewel’ among the many siddhas, or accomplished adepts, to have appeared in the Land of Snows.
Praise 18 Apr 2013
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse composed these eight verses in praise of the great yogi Milarepa on the anniversary of the master's parinirvāṇa in March 1947.
Praise 7 Apr 2021

Prayers

by Shakya Shri
An elaborate practice of supplication or prayer to the great poet-yogi Milarepa, preceded by practices for taking refuge and generating bodhicitta.
Prayers Guru Yoga 19 Dec 2016
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
A three-verse prayer to Milarepa, which arose, the author says, out of his oceanic faith for the great yogin.
Prayers 17 Mar 2022
by Sera Khandro
A prayer invoking Milarepa's inspiration and guidance in order to master the practice and realize the dharmakāya nature within this life or take birth in the paradise of Khecarā and bring benefit to others.
Prayers Ḍākinī Treasury 15 Mar 2024
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Composed on Milarepa's anniversary in 1952, this eight-verse prayer lauds the great yogin for his accomplishment of the transcendent perfections (pāramitā) and other qualities.
Prayers 13 Jun 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Jamyang Khyentse says that he wrote this four-verse prayer to the founders of the practice lineage, i.e., Marpa Lotsāwa, Milarepa and Gampopa, in the first month of the Wood Ox year (1865) following a dream.
Prayers Kagyü 1 Nov 2021

Quotations

Four commonly cited lines on the dedication of merit, through which meditators and their sponsors may attain enlightenment together.
Quotations Dedication 8 Oct 2025
attributed to Milarepa
These four lines, attributed to Milarepa, explain how deeper reflection on death and impermanence can lead to an understanding of the nature of mind, which is itself beyond death.
Quotations Impermanence 17 Sep 2025

Songs

In this spiritual song (mgur), the great yogi Milarepa praises the qualities of Kyangpen Namkha Dzong (rkyang phan nam mkha' rdzong), which he likens to a palace, and explains why it is so conducive to meditative retreat. The place is listed among the six well-known outer 'fortresses' associated with Milarepa.
Songs and Poems Pilgrimage Tibet 14 Mar 2019
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse says that he composed this song of invocation and prayer out of sadness. In it, he calls upon the great yogin to help him overcome his failings and turn his mind towards the Dharma.
Prayers Songs and Poems 12 Oct 2021
Milarepa

Milarepa

Courtesy of Himalayan Art Resources

Name variants:

Dorje Gyaltsen
Mila Shepe Dorje
Töpa Ga

Further information:

Treasury of Lives Author Bio
BDRC Author Profile (P1853)

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