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Milarepa is probably the most popular of all Tibetan saints. He is known to have lived from 1040 to 1123. He was an adept at black magic but later rejected this and became a disciple of Marpa the Translator. He eventually emerged as one of the most famous teachers of the Kagyu tradition. A poet and ascetic, he used to wear only cotton cloth during the bitterly cold Tibetan winters.
Without attachment, he knows
that the human body is but a magic spell.
So from all bindings he gains freedom.
Like the immaculate lotus growing out of mud,
he attains the conviction of Practice.
The mind is omnipresent like space;
it illumines all manifestations as the Dharmakaya;
it knows all and lightens all.
I see it clearly like a crystal
in my palm!
In the beginning, nothing comes;
in the middle, nothing stays;
at the end, nothing goes.
Of the mind there is no arising and extinction!
Thus, one remains in the Equality of past, present, and future...
~ Milarepa (1040-1123)
Height approx 45 inches
Width approx 24.5 inches
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