Tibetans, are likely to find it difficult to believe. However, two
basic testaments which proved his existence are:- e famous Samye Monastery which was built under his
directions. - Vajrayana or Tibetan Buddhism with all its body of teaching,
learning and realisations which are so rich and profound that
it is still converting and lifting the spiritual lives of not only
Tibetans but people all over the world.
e Precious Guru has so earned the love and veneration of the
Tibetans that they called him the ‘essence of all the Buddhas of
the past, present and future, the Mantra-holder’, and a host of
honorific titles. His miraculous birth on the pollen bed of a lotus
caused by the ray of light emanating from the Buddha Amita-
bha has caused Vajrayanists to call him the ‘Lotus-born Guru’.
History and legend has it that he was discovered and adopted
by the King of Uddiyana of northwest India. When he was old
enough, the king retired and handed his throne over to him. But
Padmasambhava had no desire to be a king, and like Gautama
Buddha some twelve centuries earlier, the lotus-born youth
traded his princely robes for an ascetic’s rags. He concentrated
fully on Tantric Buddhism, mastering all the secret doctrines
and mysterious powers associated with that aspect.
So begins the legend of Padmasambhava, the Great Tantric
Master, the eminent Indian Guru who spread the teachings of
the Buddha in the Himalayan lands rife with worship of spirits