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Buddha himself was passing away, he prophesied that Padmasambhava
would be born not long after his death in order to spread
the teaching of the Tantras. It was Padmasambhava who established
Buddhism in Tibet in the eighth century. For us Tibetans,
Padmasambhava, Guru Rinpoche, embodies a cosmic, timeless
principle; he is the universal master. He has appeared countless
times to the masters of Tibet, and these meetings and visions
have been precisely recorded: the date, the place, and the
manner in which they occurred, along with the teachings and
prophecies Padmasambhava gave. He also left thousands of visionary
teachings for future times, which have been revealed again
and again by the many great masters who have been his emanations;
one of these visionary treasures, or termas, is the Tibetan
Book of the Dead. |
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