8th-century Buddhist Lama
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.
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 reimagi…
Sourced, dated quotes from Padmasambhava
My father is the wisdom of spontaneous awareness. My mother is the Ever-Excellent Lady, the space of all things....I sustain myself by consuming the concepts of duality.
If one does not recognize the Dasein as one’s own face, But were to search for it for aeons, one would merely become disheartened.
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