Milarepa, the Great Tibetan Yogi
‘Milarepa achieves buddhahood by the rapid method of the tantric path. In mountain caves across southern Tibet, he practiced the stage of generation (utpaettikrama), visualizing himself as a buddha, his own body as a mandala, with various deities located at specific points within it. He then practiced the state of completion (nispannakrama), in which he brought under control the various energies or winds that course through a network of channels in the body, causing those winds to enter the central channel that runs from the crown of the head to the base of the spine, generating both an inner heat (gum mo) and increasing levels of bliss. Finally, he achieved the mahamudra, or ‘great seal,’ spontaneous realization of the most profound nature of the mind.’
- Donald S. Lopez Jr., a leading scholar in Mahāyāna and Tibetan Buddhism. From the introduction to, 'The Life of Milarepa,' written in the turn of the 16th century by Tsangnyön Heruka and recently translated by Andrew Quintman.
- Donald S. Lopez Jr., a leading scholar in Mahāyāna and Tibetan Buddhism. From the introduction to, 'The Life of Milarepa,' written in the turn of the 16th century by Tsangnyön Heruka and recently translated by Andrew Quintman.