# Padmasambhava

> He brought Vajrayana Buddhism across the mountains into Tibet in the 8th century, designed its first monastery, and then — centuries later — became something larger: a semi-legendary figure who tamed spirits, hid treasure texts in rocks, and now appears in visions to those who seek him.

*8th-century Buddhist Lama*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/padmasambhava

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Born:** 717
- **Died:** 762
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

A tantric master from medieval India, Padmasambhava arrived in Tibet during the reign of King Trisong Detsen and designed Samye Monastery, the first Buddhist monastery on Tibetan soil. Alongside the king and Khenpo Shantarakshita, he helped create the Tibetan Canon by translating the Buddha's teachings into Tibetan. His historical existence — once questioned by scholars, now cautiously accepted — rests on early sources like the Testament of Ba and marks in rocks said to be his footprints. But his legend grew far beyond the eighth century: starting around the 12th century, hagiographies reimagined him as the tamer of Tibetan spirits and the concealer of secret texts called termas, meant for future "treasure finders" to unearth when the time was right. Nyangral Nyima Özer, author of the earliest full biography in the 1100s, was among those who wove Padmasambhava into the mythology of the Great Perfection. Today the Nyingma school calls him a founding figure, his teachings split between an oral lineage and the hidden treasures still surfacing across the Himalayas.

## Fame
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## Topics
#Academics, #Academic, #Philosophy, #Medieval Era

## Sources
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q231582)
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- [Бадмасамбава](https://bxr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%BC%D0%B0%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BC%D0%B1%D0%B0%D0%B2%D0%B0)
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- [Padmasambhavo](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmasambhavo)
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- [پادماسمبهاوا](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%A7)
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- [पद्मसम्भव](https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A6%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AE%E0%A4%B8%E0%A4%AE%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AD%E0%A4%B5)
- [Padmaszambhava](https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmaszambhava)
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- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Padmasambhava)
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- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/48af0ad5-6a33-4c24-bbd4-1306de76e55a)
- [بادماسامبهافا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AF%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%A8%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%A7)

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