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[[gnya' khri bstan po]] - 'the first ruler of men' in Tibet [RY]
[[padma kun tu 'chang]]


[[gnya' khri btsan po]] - king {gnya' khri btsan po} [IW]
'''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>


[[gnya' khri btsan po]] - name of Tibet's first king; the first Tibetan king [RY]
The essence of all the [[buddhas of the three times]], the supreme sovereign of all power-wielding [[vidyadhara]]s, the all-encompassing lord of the ocean of peaceful and wrathful yidams ([[yi dam]]), 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>


[[gnya' khri btsan po]] - Nyatri Tsenpo; said to be the name of the first king of Tibet, who descended from the sky to Yarlha Shampo mountain [RY]
From ''[[Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo]]'' root text, opening verses.


[[gnya' khri btsan po]] - 1st king of tibet carried in a sedan chair [JV]
==Internal Links==
*[[A Short Biography of Padmasambhava from the Precious Garland of Lapis Lazuli]] by Jamgon Kongtrul
*[[Padmakara and the Four Vidyadhara Levels]] by Khenpo Jokyab Rinpoche


[[gnya' khri btsan po]] {[[gnya' ba]]r [[sa rdo]] [[khur]] [[nas]] [[khri]] [[tshigs]] [[te]] [[dpon]] [[du]] [[mnga' gsol ba]] [[de]] [[rgyal po]] [[la]] [[snga ba]] [[gnya' khri btsan po]] [[zhes grags]] [[te]] [[byang chub sems dpa']] [[sgrib pa rnam sel gyi sprul pa]] [[yin]]} They built him a throne with earth and stones that they carried on their shoulders, and made him their chief. And so he came to be known as ''Nyatri Tsenpo'' the Ancient-Nyatri Tsenpo meaning "King of the Throne on the Shoulders. " He was the first king, and was a manifestation of the [[Bodhisattva]] Sarvanivaranaviskambhin. [RY]
==External Links==
[http://www.rangjung.com/authors/padmasambhava.htm Jamgon Kongtrul's medium length biography of Padmasambhava from the Precious Garland of Lapis Lazuli, a collection of life stories of the 108 main tertons.]


[[gnya' khri btsan po'i ring la bsgrubs pa'i 'phrin las gsum]] - the three [[phrin las]] established during the reign of {[[gnya' khri btsan po]]} [IW]
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Latest revision as of 11:36, 31 May 2007

padma kun tu 'chang

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.

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 (yi dam), 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.

From Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo root text, opening verses.

Internal Links

External Links

Jamgon Kongtrul's medium length biography of Padmasambhava from the Precious Garland of Lapis Lazuli, a collection of life stories of the 108 main tertons.