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This is a good quality 8 inch by 10 inch photo (not giclee) of Guru Rinpoche, or Padmasambhavba. The photo was taken of a Tibetan Buddhist thangka from Nepal. Suitable for framing and use on your altar or as a "deity card" for your practice.
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Padmasambhava (also Padmakara or Padma Raja) (Ch: 蓮華生上師, Pinyin: Lian
Hua Sheng Shang Shi; Tib: Pema Jungne, Wylie: padma 'byung gnas),
in Sanskrit meaning "lotus-born", is said to have brought
Tantric Buddhism to Tibet
in the 8th century. In Bhutan
and Tibet
he is better known as Guru Rinpoche
("Precious Master") where followers of the Nyingma school regard him
as the second Buddha.
Life and Teachings
According to tradition, Padmasambhava was incarnated as
an eight-year-old child appearing in a lotus blossom floating in LakeDhanakosha,
in the kingdom of Uddiyana, traditionally identified with the SwatValley
in present-day Pakistan.
His special nature was recognized by the local king who married him to one of
his daughters, Mandarava. She and Padmasambhava's other main consort, Yeshe
Tsogyal, developed into realised practitioners. Many thangkas and paintings
show Padmasambhava in between them.
Padmasambhava's ability to memorize and comprehend
esoteric texts in a single hearing established his reputation as a master above
all others. Accused of the mystical killing of an evil minister, he was
banished from the court and chose to live in a cemetery. Transiting various
heavens and hells, he developed the power to transcend the cycle of birth and
death, accomplishing the so-called great transference.
His fame became known to Trisong Detsen, the 38th king of
Tibet
(742–797), whose kingdom was beset by evil mountain deities. The king invited
Padmasambhava to Tibet
where he used his tantric powers to subdue the evil deities he encountered
along the way, eventually receiving the Emperor's wife, identified with the
dakini Yeshe Tsogyal, as a consort. This was in accordance with the tantric
principle of not eliminating negative forces but redirecting them to fuel the
journey toward spiritual awakening. In Tibet he founded the first
monastery in the country, Samye Gompa, initiated the first monks, and
introduced the people to the practice of Tantric Buddhism.
Padmasambhava had five major female tantric companions,
the so-called 'Five Wisdon Dakinis' (Wylie: Ye-shes mKha-'gro lnga) or
'Five Consorts.' In Padmasambhava's biography - they are described as the five
women "who had access to the master's heart", and practiced secret
sexual tantric rites which are considered to have exorcised the previous demons
of Tibet
and converted them into protectors of the the country. They were: Mandarava of
Zahor - the emanation of Vajravarahi’s Body; Belwong Kalasiddhi of (North-West)
India - the emanation of
Vajravarahi's Quality, Belmo Sakya Devi of Nepal;
the emanation of Vajravarahi's Mind, Yeshe Tsogyal of Tibet; the emanation of Vajravarahi's Speech and
Mangala or Tashi Kyedren of "the Himalayas"
- the emanation of Vajravarahi's Activity
In Bhutan
he is associated with the famous Taktshang or "Tiger's Nest"
monastery built on a sheer cliff wall about 500m above the floor of Paro
valley. He flew there from Tibet
on the back of Yeshe Tsogyal, whom he transformed into a flying tigress for the
purpose of the trip. Later he travelled to Bumthang district to subdue a
powerful deity offended by a local king. Padmasambhava's body imprint can be
found in the wall of a cave at nearby Kurje Lhakhang temple.
Padmasambhava also hid a number of religious treasures (termas)
in lakes, caves, fields and forests of the Himalayan region to be found and
interpreted by future tertöns or spiritual treasure-finders.
According to Tibetan tradition, the Bardo Thodol
(commonly referred to as the Tibetan Book of the Dead) was among these hidden
treasures, subsequently discovered by a Tibetan terton, Karma Lingpa.
Manifestations
Padmasambhava is said to have taken eight forms or
manifestations (Tib. Guru Tsen Gye) representing different aspects of
his being - wrath, pacification, etc.:
1. Guru Orgyen Dorje Chang
2. Guru Shakya Senge
3. Guru Pema Gyalpo
4. Guru Padmasambhava
5. Guru Loden Chokse
6. Guru Nyima Ozer
7. Guru Dorje Drolo
8. Guru Senge Dradog
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