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PADMASAMBHAVA (Guru Rinpoche)

Padmasambhava is a mahasiddhi (roughly translated, "one who has attained perfection") who lived in the late 700's, and is historically known as the founder of Tibetan Buddhism. He is said to have been born in Oddiyana, in North Pakistan. He mastered all the disciplines of Buddhism, and was known as an adept in the Tantras. He then went to Tibet, and became proficient with the local nature-based shamanic traditions, especially the Bon tradition. He is best known as a Dzogchen master. Padmasambhava, the "Lotus Born" is especially venerated in the Nyingmapa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism, where he is known as "Guru Rinpoche" (which means "Precious Guru or Jewel"). He transmitted his teachings to twenty five principle students, including Yeshe Tsogyal, who wrote his biography. His life events are celebrated year round on the tenth of each month.

The Guru Rinpoche practice the mantra:

OM AH HUNG VAJRA GURU PEMA SIDDHI HUNG!

Padmasambhava, or Guru Rinpche, is depicted in full regal dress, with a mukha, ritual crown, that should bear the images of the five Dhyani Buddhas (Vairochana, Akshobhya, Ratna Sambhava, and Amitabha -- Amoghasiddhi is shown by way of the thunderbolt on top). His right hand holds the vajra (the symbol of the indestructible thunderbolt that destroys ignorance), his left hand holds a kapala, a skullcap filled with the nectar of immortality. He is clutching the khatvanga (a ritual staff used by tantric dieties, it is topped with a series of skulls, a vajra, and a banner) to his breast with his left arm.

This page to dedicated to the loving memory of Chagdud Rinpoche, beloved guru! Namaste!