Milarepa (Primary Title)
Unidentified (Artist)
Milarepa sits on a grand throne, teaching seven disciples through song. The white-robed “Cotton-Clad Mila” is easy to discern in the scenes from his life that dot the surrounding landscape. They trace his transformation from a sinful youth, through the many trials he endured under his fierce-tempered Buddhist teacher Marpa, to his mastery of Vajrayana teachings, and to his eventual achievement of buddhahood after years of meditation in a secluded mountain retreat. The heavenly scenes above include tantric meditation deities and, top center, the Primordial Buddha Vajradhara flanked by the Indian mahasiddhas Tilopa and Naropa, Milarepa’s spiritual forebears.
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