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''Affectionate nickname aka: Padma'' | |||
[[Padmasambhava]] (lit. "Lotus-Born"), also known as Guru Rinpoche, was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist master. Although there was a historical Padmasambhava, nothing is known of him apart from helping the construction of the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet at Samye, at the behest of Trisong Detsen, and shortly thereafter leaving Tibet due to court intrigues.Padmasambhava introduced the people of Tibet to the practice of Tantric Buddhism. In Tibetan Buddhism, he is a character of a genre of literature called [[Terma]], an emanation of Amitābha that is said to appear to tertöns in visionary encounters. | [[Padmasambhava]] (lit. "Lotus-Born"), also known as Guru Rinpoche, was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist master. Although there was a historical Padmasambhava, nothing is known of him apart from helping the construction of the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet at Samye, at the behest of Trisong Detsen, and shortly thereafter leaving Tibet due to court intrigues.Padmasambhava introduced the people of Tibet to the practice of Tantric Buddhism. In Tibetan Buddhism, he is a character of a genre of literature called [[Terma]], an emanation of Amitābha that is said to appear to tertöns in visionary encounters. | ||