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Jakar tshechu, Guru Tshengye, and Guru Rinpoche with two helpers and six manifestations The life of Padmasambhava is widely depicted in the Cham dances which are masked and costumed dances associated with religious festivals in the Tibetan Buddhist world. [ 59 ]
Mandāravā (IPA: [mɐndˈaːrɐʋaː], Skt., mandāravā 'Indian coral tree', [1] Tibetan: མནྡཱ་ར་བཱ་མེ་ཏོག, Wylie: man da ra ba me tog) [2] (also known as Pāṇḍaravāsinī) [3] was, along with Yeshe Tsogyal, one of the two principal consorts of great 8th-century Indian Vajrayana teacher Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche), a founder-figure of Tibetan Buddhism.
When Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) was born in the form of Padma Gyalpo, he already had the appearance of an eight-year-old. It is typical that great saints in the Tibetan Buddhist cultural context had a "miraculous birth" as in to add to the devotion Tibetans could have to a meditation Master such as Padmasambhava .
Guru Padmasambhava, founder of the meditations cave. Wall painting on Paro Bridge. An alternative legend holds that a former wife of an emperor willingly became a disciple of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambahva) in Tibet. She transformed herself into a tigress and carried the Guru on her back from Tibet to the present location of the Taktsang in Bhutan.
A Short Biography of Dudjom Rinpoche, at Tersar; The Life Story of Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche (1904-1987), at Rangjung Yeshe; Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche, with Samye Translation Group. Light of Fearless Indestructable Wisdom: The Life and legacy of H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche, Snow Lion Publications, 2008. ISBN 978-1-55939-304-1
Padmasambhava, who is considered by the Tibetans as Guru Rinpoche ("Precious Master"), is also credited with building the first monastery building named "Samye" around the late 8th century. According to some legend, it is noted that he pacified the Bon demons and made them the core protectors of Dharma. [ 24 ]
Statue of Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) and pilgrims at Hemis Hemis Monastery, a Buddhist Monastery of Drukpa Order. Hemis Monastery is a Himalayan Buddhist monastery of the Drukpa Lineage, in Hemis on the bank of the Indus River, Ladakh, India. Situated 45 km from Leh, it was re-established in 1672 by the Ladakhi king Sengge Namgyal.
Kurje Lhakhang complex has three structures namely Guru Lhakhang, Sampa Lhundrup Lhakhang, and Ka Goen Phur Sum Lhakhang. The oldest temple, Guru Khakhang was built by king Sindhu Raja against a cave where Guru Rinpoche meditated and subdued the local deity, Shelging Karpo.