Jetsun Milarepa, (c. 1052-c. 1135 CE) is generally considered one of Tibet's most famous yogis and poets, a student of Marpa Lotsawa, and a major figure in the history of the Kagyu (Bka'-brgyud) school of Tibetan Buddhism. The facts of his life as they are popularly known come from the enormously popular romanticized account in the biography the "Mi-la-rnam-thar" by Gtsang-smyon he-ru-ka rus-pa'i-rgyan-can (1452-1507), … Wikipedia
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