Milarepa and the Bon sorcerer Naro Bonchung waged a series of magical duels for possession of Mount Kailash. In the final contest to reach the summit, Milarepa sat motionless while Naro Bonchung flew upward on his drum, then at the first ray of dawn rode a sunbeam to the peak, claiming the sacred mountain for Buddhism.
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