Milarepa Series

• A Combined Guru Yoga for Marpa, Mila, and Gampopa by Situ Pema Nyinjé Wangpo | Guru Yoga

A simple practice of guru yoga focussing on three central figures of the Kagyü tradition: Marpa Lotsāwa, Milarepa and Gampopa.

• A Drop of Moonlight: A Guru Yoga for Lord Mila by Jokyab Pema Trinlé Nyingpo | Guru Yoga

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 of Jetsün Shepa Dorje by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö | Guru Yoga

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 of Milarepa Shepa Dorje for Daily Practice by Tenth Pawo Rinpoche | Guru Yoga

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.

• Vajra Net: The Ancillary Preliminary and Concluding Practices for the Three Drops, the Guru Yogas for Venerable Marpa, Mila, and Gampopa by Jokyab Pema Trinlé Nyingpo | Guru Yoga

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.

• Homage to Milarepa by Nāropa | Praise

This four-line verse of praise, which is attributed to Nāropa, appears in Milarepa’s famous biography by Tsangnyön Heruka.

• In Praise of Jetsün Mila Shepa Dorje by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö | Praise

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.

• The Definitive Ascertainment of Tantra: In Praise of the Great Master Milarepa by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö | Praise

Jamyang Khyentse composed these eight verses in praise of the great yogi Milarepa on the anniversary of the master's parinirvāṇa in March 1947.

• Supplication to Lord Mila Shepa Dorje by Shakya Shri | Prayers

An elaborate practice of supplication or prayer to the great poet-yogi Milarepa, preceded by practices for taking refuge and generating bodhicitta.

• Supplication to Milarepa by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche | Prayers

A three-verse prayer to Milarepa, which arose, the author says, out of his oceanic faith for the great yogin.

• The Hook of Compassion: A Prayer to Jetsün Shepa Dorje (Milarepa) by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö | Prayers

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.

• The Melody of Complete Accomplishment: A Prayer to Those Praised as Ornaments of the Practice Lineage by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo | Prayers

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.

• Jangphen Namkha Dzong | Songs and Poems

In this spiritual song (mgur), the great yogi Milarepa praises the qualities of Kyangpen Namkha Dzong or Jangphen 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.

• Song of Prayer to Milarepa by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö | Prayers

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.