Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche / The Lotus Born)
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Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche / The Lotus Born) 🇵🇰

པདྨ་འབྱུང་གནས། (Padma 'byung gnas) (Known as "Guru Rinpoche")
Second Buddha of Vajrayana, Tantric Master, Founder of Tibetan Nyingma Tradition, Builder of Samye
Born c. 740 CE 🇵🇰 Oddiyana (Swat Valley), Pakistan
Passed Away c. 810 CE Samye (Tibet), China
Lifespan ~70 years old
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"If you want to know your past life, look into your present condition; if you want to know your future life, look into your present actions. Mind is the root of all phenomena."

Archival Overview

Venerated across the Himalayan world as the "Second Buddha." Tantric master from Oddiyana invited by King Trisong Detsen in the eighth century to subdue local demons, construct Samye Monastery, and establish Vajrayana Buddhism in Tibet.

Biographical Record

Celebrated in Tibetan chronicles as being miraculously born from a lotus blossom upon Lake Danakosha, Padmasambhava mastered all exoteric and esoteric tantric sciences in ancient India before journeying to Tibet. Partnering with the scholar Shantarakshita, he consecrated Samye—Tibet's first Buddhist monastery.

He hid thousands of spiritual treasures (Termas) across Himalayan caves and rocks to be discovered by future treasure-finders (Tertöns) in times of crisis, departing into the celestial southwest on his winged steed.

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Final Resting Place

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Samye Monastery Sacred Reliquary Precinct
Samye (Tibet), China
GPS: 29.3275, 91.5039
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