Guru Padmasambhava with alternative adornments

with alternative adornments

Painting in relief is an old Tibetan decorative technique

and blessing the thousand pieces into which Avalokiteshvara’s former head had split

where they were offered to a king at the time of his coronation

Below are Vijaya (Namgyalma) and White Tara (Drol Kar)

Guru Padmasambhava with alternative adornmentsAccording to legend, Padmasambhava was born not from a woman, but as an eight year old boy in the center of a lotus in North India. He played a crucial role in the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet, subduing the defiant local spirits and founding the first tantric sect, the Nyingmas. In 760, the Tibetan king Trisong Detsen invited Padmasambhava to Tibet to subdue the local spirits that were obstructing the establishment of Buddhism. The king had been