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Padmasambhava ("Born from a Lotus"), [note 2] also known as Guru Rinpoche (Precious Guru) and the Lotus from Oḍḍiyāna, was a tantric Buddhist Vajra master from medieval India who taught Vajrayana in Tibet (circa 8th – 9th centuries).
Padmasambhava (flourished 8th century) was a legendary Indian Buddhist mystic who introduced Tantric Buddhism to Tibet and who is credited with establishing the first Buddhist monastery there. According to tradition, he was a native of Udyāna (now Swat, Pak.), an area famed for its magicians.
Jun 25, 2019 · Padmasambhava was an 8th-century master of Buddhist tantra who is credited with bringing Vajrayana to Tibet and Bhutan. He is revered today as one of the great patriarchs of Tibetan Buddhism and the founder of the Nyinmapa school as well as the builder of Tibet's first monastery. In Tibetan iconography, he is the embodiment of the dharmakaya.
Padmasambhava (T. པདྨ་འབྱུང་གནས་ pad+ma 'byung gnas; "the Lotus-born"), also known as Guru Rinpoche (Precious Guru), was a tantric Buddhist master from India who is credited with bringing the Vajrayana teachings to Tibet (circa 8th - 9th centuries).
Guru Rinpoche, the Lotus-Born — Padmasambhava or Pema Jungné — is honored as the second living Buddha of our age, who turned the final wheel of Dharma, Vajrayana, and brought Buddha Dharma to Tibet. “Guru Rinpoche’s teaching is the science of the mind,” said Tulku Pasang Rinpoche.
Our own world is divided into six realms: (1) gods, (2) asuras, (3) humans, (4) animals, (5) hungry ghosts, and (6) hell beings. To help liberate all sentient beings, there is a special buddha, as well as eight emanations of Guru Padmasambhava, in each of those realms.
Guru Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche (the Precious Guru), is an important figure in Buddhism who was instrumental in establishing Vajrayana Buddhism in Tibet around the 8th century CE.
