Guru Milerapa is believed to be the most beloved and highly accomplished Buddhist master of Tibet. His songs on enlightened experiences are still sung today by the learned and lay people alike. Guru Milarepa during his early career committed much evil deeds through black magic and sending hailstorms too. Guru Milarepa later regretted his evil deeds and eventually found his worthy and enlightened Guru Marpa, who put him on trials and hardships in other to test his guru devotion and eagerness to practice dharma teachings. Milarepa later confirmed on him the series of empowerments and essential teachings of Mahamudra which he received from Guru Naropa. Guru

Milarepa meditated on these tantric teachings with great zeal in wild and forlorn mountains for six years and eventually achieved the realization of Vajradharahood in his very life time. Guru Milarepa is generally seen on cotton clad dresss seated over antilope skin with Lalitasana posture. Guru Milarepa wears a meditation band. His right hand is generally put on the ears symbolizing that he is listening to the voices of beings in lower realms. Guru Milarepa has great compassion for them and sentient beings in general. His body is usually blue or green in color. It is said that during his meditation Guru Milarepa ate nothing but nettles for the long period of time and his skin thus assumed a greenish hue. Sometimes to represent his realizations, his body is depicted golden in color too.