Yogi Agung Milarepa

Milarepa
(1052-1135)
Milarepa lahir dalam sebuah keluarga kaya di Tibet Barat. Setelah menyadari timbunan karma negatifnya akibat membunuh banyak orang dengan ilmu sihir, beliau mencari guru Dharma hingga bertemu dengan Marpa Lotsawa. Marpa membuat Milarepa mengalami banyak kesulitan hingga merasa tertekan dan hampir putus asa. Setelah Milarepa bebas dari berbagai halangan dan ketidak bajikannya, barulah Marpa mulai mengajarkan Dharma, latihan, dan menurunkan transmisi Hevajra-tantra serta Enam Yoga Naropa. Milarepa menghabiskan sebagian besar hidupnya menyendiri dalam meditasi di gua dan gunung sekitar Nepal dan Tibet dan berhasil meraih pencerahan penuh. Kisah hidupNya menjadi sumber inspirasi bagi banyak praktisi hingga masa kini.
Milarepa was born into a wealthy family in western Tibet. After realizing heap of negative karma from killing people by sorcery, He sought the Dharma teacher until He met Marpa Lotsawa. Marpa give Milarepa many difficulties until he felt depressed and almost hopeless. After Milarepa free from various obstacles and lack negativity, Marpa then began to teach the Dharma, exercise, and give transmission such as Hevajra-tantra and the Six Yogas of Naropa, etc. Milarepa spent most of his life alone in solitary meditation in caves and mountains around Nepal and Tibet, and managed to achieve full enlightenment. His life story became a source of inspiration for many Dharma practitioners up to the present.