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Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava) Thangka (TGTH 118)

$495.00 $695.00

Painting Size (Inches) Height 26” Width 20”

 Brocade Size (Inches) Height 55” Width 36”

 All Hand Painted 


Padmasambhava
[1] (Skt.), or Padmakara (Skt. Padmākara; Tib. པདྨ་འབྱུང་གནས་PemajungnéWyl. pad+ma 'byung gnas, in Sanskrit transliteration པདྨ་སམྦྷ་ཝ་) means ‘Lotus-Born’, which refers to Guru Rinpoche's birth from a lotus in the land of OddiyanaGuru Rinpoche, the ‘Precious Master’, is the founder of Tibetan Buddhism and the Buddha of our time. Whereas Buddha is known primarily for having taught the teachings of the sutra vehicle, Padmasambhava came into this world, and to Tibet in particular, in order to teach the tantras. While Buddha Shakyamuni exemplifies the buddha principle, the most important element in the sutrayana path, Padmasambhava personifies the guru principle, the heart of Vajrayana Buddhism, and he is therefore known as the ‘second Buddha’ (Tib. སངས་རྒྱས་གཉིས་པ་, sangyé nyipa).