Guru Padmasambhava (5th-6th century BCE to 8th century CE) was an Indian patriarch of the Nyingma and other Tibetan Sects. The above statue of Guru Padmasambhava (Guru Ngdra) in Samyas Gonpa, Tibet, is said to have been approved by Guru Rinpoche and is called the “Looks like me” statue and was blessed by him.
CLICK for more information on LFBCS course B09-Guru Padmasambhava. This course will use two texts: Yeshe Tsogyal’s The Lotus-Born: The Life Story of Padmasambhava to study the life and teachings of this famous guru who was born 12 years after Shakyamuni Buddha left this world and lived for many centuries in and around India and Tibet. This book tells how Padmasambhava came to embody the esoteric teachings, and his coming to Tibet to subdue the negative forces and provide the teachings and structures for the Vajrayana to unfold.
This course will also use that text and Natural Liberation: Padmasambhava’s Teachings on the Six Bardos, which includes Padmasambhava’s teachings on the Bardo and specific profound instructions given to Yeshe Tsogyal.
CLICK for link to articles on background article that explains the “Eight Charioteers” who brought Buddhism to Tibet, Padmasambhava being the most famous. It also includes a series of lectures by Sarah Harding, Part 3 being the one that talks about how Padmasambhava brought the Dharma to Tibet.
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