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'''Padmasambhava''' ([[pad ma 'byung gnas]]). 'Lotus-born.' Same as Guru Rinpoche. Padmakara and Padmasambhava are interchangeable in Tibetan literature, sometimes is used the Tibetan translation Pema Jungney, sometimes the Sanskrit. <br><br>
'''Manjushrimitra''' ([['jam dpal bshes gnyen]]), pron. [[Jampal Shenyen]]. An Indian master in the Dzogchen lineage and the chief disciple of [[Garab Dorje]]. In his role as a master in the lineage of the [[Sadhana Section of Mahayoga]], he received the transmission of [[Yamantaka]] in the form of the [[Secret Wrathful Manjushri Tantra]] and other texts. Manjushrimitra was born in the [[Magadha]] district of India and was soon an adept in the general sciences and the conventional topics of Buddhism. After having become the most eminent among five hundred panditas, he received many teachings and empowerments from Garab Dorje, [[Lalitavajra]], and other masters and reached the unified level of enlightenment, indivisible from [[Manjushri]]. Yamantaka appeared to him in person, conferred empowerment and transmitted the tantras and oral instructions. Among his chief recipients of this teaching were [[Hungkara]], [[Padmasambhava]], and [[Hanatela]]. <br>
There seem to have been several masters with this name, but [[Guru Tashi Tobgyal]] in his ''[[Ocean of Wondrous Sayings]] to Delight the Learned Ones'' views them as being magical emanations of the same master. See also [[Sadhana Section]].<br><br>


The essence of all the buddhas of the three times, the supreme sovereign of all power-wielding vidyadharas, the all-encompassing lord of the ocean of peaceful and wrathful yidams, the chief of the gatherings of all the dakas and dakinis, the great being who by his splendor outshines all the vajra protectors of the Dharma and the haughty forces of appearance and existence, is the one renowned throughout the infinite realms of the teachers of the three kayas as Mahaguru Padmasambhava.<br><br>
(From the glossary to ''[[The Lotus-Born]]'', the biography of Padmasambhava.)


From ''[[Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo]]'' root text, opening verses.
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Manjushrimitra ('jam dpal bshes gnyen), pron. Jampal Shenyen. An Indian master in the Dzogchen lineage and the chief disciple of Garab Dorje. In his role as a master in the lineage of the Sadhana Section of Mahayoga, he received the transmission of Yamantaka in the form of the Secret Wrathful Manjushri Tantra and other texts. Manjushrimitra was born in the Magadha district of India and was soon an adept in the general sciences and the conventional topics of Buddhism. After having become the most eminent among five hundred panditas, he received many teachings and empowerments from Garab Dorje, Lalitavajra, and other masters and reached the unified level of enlightenment, indivisible from Manjushri. Yamantaka appeared to him in person, conferred empowerment and transmitted the tantras and oral instructions. Among his chief recipients of this teaching were Hungkara, Padmasambhava, and Hanatela.
There seem to have been several masters with this name, but Guru Tashi Tobgyal in his Ocean of Wondrous Sayings to Delight the Learned Ones views them as being magical emanations of the same master. See also Sadhana Section.

(From the glossary to The Lotus-Born, the biography of Padmasambhava.)


Literary Works

Main Teachers

Main Students

Main Lineages

Alternate Names & Spellings

Other Reference Sources

Internal Links

  • Add double-brackets "[[ ]]" around any relevant word or phrase and it will create a new page for that term or link to an already existing page

External Links