The Life and Liberation of Padmasambhava

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In the oceans that surround the western land of Uḍḍiyāna to the north, south, and east, there lies an island close to the land of the rākṣasas, found to Uḍḍiyāna’s southwest. They were given one billion tantras on longevity and they both accomplished the second vidyādhara level – ‘vidyādhara with mastery over life’. When the Guru was about to leave for the land of rākṣasas to the southwest, the Tibetan king, ministers and all the disciples tried to dissuade him, but to no avail.

Even after the teachings of the vinaya have perished, his manifestations will appear one by one among tantric practitioners. It is the attitude of the bodhisattva, of the person who makes the compassionate vow to save others from suffering. We then learn how to meditate on the correct view by cultivating pristine wisdom that is the union of serenity and insight as taught in the Pāli, Chinese, and Tibetan traditions. Vairocana and Namkhai Nyingpo, among others, were sent to India, where Vairocana studied Atiyoga with Śrī Siṃha and Namkhai Nyingpo received the teachings on Śrī Heruka from the great master Hūṃkāra.

Eighty of his students attained rainbow body at Yerpa, as well as the one hundred and eight meditators at Chuwori, the thirty tantrikas at Yangdzong, and the fifty-five realized ones at Sheldrak. Those who survived were converted to Buddhism, and finally the banner of the Dharma was raised to the skies. Also available in the Wisdom Culture Series are Tsongkhapa’s Middle-Length Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment and The Swift Path, translated by Szegee Toh.

Reaching Ngayab Ling – the ‘Cāmara continent,’ the Guru went to the summit of Zangdok Palri, ‘the Glorious Copper-Coloured Mountain’, where he liberated Raksha Tötreng, king of the rākṣasas, and assumed his form. After five years of work, ‘Glorious Samyé—Inconceivable—Unchanging––Spontaneously Accomplished Temple’ was finished, complete with the three temples of the Queens, all made to resemble Mount Meru, surrounded by the four continents, eight subcontinents, sun and moon, with an outer wall of iron mountains.Rinpoche provides detailed advice on how to help your loved ones prepare for the end of their life with courage, acceptance, and a mind free of fear. In writing that sparkles and inspires, Anne Klein (Lama Rigzin Drolma) shows us how to liberate our buddha nature to be both human and a buddha too.