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For other uses, see Milarepa (disambiguation).

Jetsun Milarepa (Tibetan: རྗེ་བཙུན་མི་ལ་རས་པ, Wylie: rje btsun mi la ras pa, /40–/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.

Tibet's Great Yogi Milarepa: A Biography from the Tibetan

He is also famous for the feat of climbing Mount Kailash.

Biography — The Life of Milarepa

Milarepa's life-story is famous in Tibetan culture, and retold many times. The best-known biography, The Life of Milarepa, written by Tsangnyön Heruka (–) in the fifteenth century and drawing from older biographies, is still very popular.

Most of the present-day stories on Milarepa come from this sing