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Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 113. Chapters: Longchenpa, Padmasambhava, Dzogchen, Ground of Being, Paro Taktsang, Dudjom Rinpoche, Tengboche Monastery, Aro gTér, Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche, Rigpa, Sogyal Rinpoche, Nyingma Gyubum, Seventeen tantras, Dream yoga, Ganachakra, Jigme Phuntsok, Lama Gonpo Tseten, Chogyal Namkhai Norbu, Jigme Lingpa, Reverberation of Sound, Longchen Nyingthig, Pema Lingpa, Trisong Detsen, Anuyoga, Orgyen Kusum Lingpa, Mahayoga, Yeshe Tsogyal, Nelug Dzö, Rigdzin Namkha Gyatso Rinpoche, Mandarava, Samye, Samantabhadra, Vima Nyingtik, Great Auspicious Beauty, Nubchen Sangye Yeshe, Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, Patrul Rinpoche, Rigdzin Kumaradza, Sakyong Mipham, Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche, Dzigar Kongtrul Rinpoche, John Myrdhin Reynolds, Nechung, Khandro Rinpoche, Chatral Rinpoche, Union of the Sun and Moon, Mindrolling Trichen, Dzogchen Monastery, The Mirror of the Heart of Vajrasattva, Gangshar Wangpo, Ekajati, Dudjom Lingpa, Tamshing Lhakhang, Takthok Monastery, Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Ozer, Tarthang Tulku, The Mirror of the Mind of Samantabhadra, Katok Monastery, Khentrul Lodro Thaye Rinpoche, Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, Orgyen Chokgyur Lingpa, Shining Relics of Enlightened Body, Getse Mahapandita, Mindrolling Monastery, Nam Cho, Migyur Dorje, Seven Treasuries, Tsigdön Dzö, Ngawang Jigdral Rinpoche, Self-arising Primordial Awareness, Karma Lingpa, Tertön Sogyal, Katok Tsewang Norbu, Lingtsang Gyalpo, Shechen Monastery, Palyul, Thinley Norbu, Karmê Chöling, Self-existing Perfection, Dzogchen Rinpoche, Maha Ati, Array of Jewels, Blazing Lamp, Piled Gems, Direct Introduction, Self-liberated Primordial Awareness, Sixfold Expanse of Samantabhadra, Necklace of Precious Pearls, Trulshik Rinpoche, Lion's Perfect Expressive Power, Pema Namding Monastery, Dorje Drak, Eight Lingpas, Tegchö Dzö. Excerpt: Padmasambhava, (Sanskrit Padmakara ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿; Tib. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, Pemajungné; Wyl pad+ma 'byung gnas); Mongolian ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿, lovon Badmajunai, Chinese: (pinyin: Liánhuasheng), Means The Lotus Born, was a sage guru from O¿¿iyana (modern Swat) who is said to have transmitted Vajrayana Buddhism to Bhutan and Tibet and neighbouring countries in the 8th century. In those lands he is better known as Guru Rinpoche ("Precious Guru") or Lopon Rinpoche, or, simply, Padum in Tibet, where followers of the Nyingma school regard him as the second Buddha. He said: "My father is the intrinsic awareness, Samantabhadra (Sanskrit; Tib. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿). My mother is the ultimate sphere of reality, Samantabhadri (Sanskrit; Tib. ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿). I belong to the caste of non-duality of the sphere of awareness. My name is the Glorious Lotus Born. I am from the unborn sphere of all phenomena. I consume concepts of duality as my diet. I act in the way of the Buddhas of the three times." His Pureland Paradise is Zangdok Palri (the Copper-coloured Mountain). He is further considered an emanation of Buddha Amitabha and traditionally even venerated as "a second Buddha". He was born into a Brahmin family of Northwest India. Statue of Guru Rinpoche as the patron saint of Sikkim, India in Namchi. Statue of Princess Mandarava at Lake Rewalsar.According to tradition, Padmasambhava was incarnated as an eight-year-old child appearing in a lotus blossom floating in Lake Dhanakosha, in the kingdom of O¿¿iyana, traditionally identified with the Swat Valley of South Asia in present-day Pakistan. His special nature was recognized by the childless local king of O¿¿iy...