Life of Milarepa

The life of Milarepa sounds like a fairy tale. It tells us the story of a little boy whose family has been mistreated by his uncle. As his mother wished, he became an evil sorcerer to avenge his family and killed 37 persons. Once he has accomplished his goal, he regretted what he had done, as he understood the concept of karma. Then, he decided to seek for some formula to create happiness thinking that it would purify his karma, so he found his teacher Marpa. Milarepa has suffered a very hard training, but has finally reached enlightenment. Nowadays, he is considered one of the most powerful yogis. Many people admire him because of his qualities and his accomplishment of enlightenment in a single lifetime. “Enlightenment may be conceived in terms of either wisdom or compassion” (Indestructible Truth, p-442) Milarepa has been able to attain these two qualities at the end of this lifetime. He has the characteristics of the Six Perfections (another way to interpret the buddhah...