While I was in Rewalsar, India (Tsopema) in Tibetan (named after Padmasambhava). I had an amazing experience there around Lotsar 1986 with my family ( my now ex-wife and my three older children (then aged 10 to 14). My experience was of asking Padmasambhava whether he was also Saint Germain. The answer came the next day with Violet sky, violet lightning and violet Rain. So, I knew that Padmambhava and Saint Germain were the same soul. Then I began to think that Merlin and Padmasambhava were the same physical being to. This would explain Merlin's attributes as well when he raised King Arthur to be king in England. The reason I still think I believe this is because they describe Padmasambhava as being "pink skinned" which means he looks English or European. This makes it more likely that Padmasambhava was a younger Merlin before he went back home to England and raised King Arthur to be king as a much older man.
I know all this is legendary and a part somewhat of prehistory but knowing for sure that Padmasambhava and Saint Germain are the same soul leads me also to think that Padmasambhava and Merlin were also the same person in reality. So, in addition to taking Buddhism before it was lost the to Moghuls in India when they destroyed Nalanda Buddhist University there to Tibet where it flourished along side of the Bon Po as the state religion of Tibet. And in addition to this raising King Arthur to be the King of England is pretty amazing too!
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Padmasambhava - Wikipedia
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In Tibetan Buddhism, he is a character of a genre of literature called terma, an emanation of Amitābha that is said to appear to tertöns in visionary encounters and a focus of guru yoga practice, particularly in the Rimé schools. The Nyingma school considers Padmasambhava to be a founder of their tradition.
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Padmasambhava[note 1] (lit. "Lotus-Born"), also known as Guru Rinpoche, was an 8th-century Indian Buddhist master. Although there was a historical Padmasambhava, nothing is known of him apart from helping the construction of the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet at Samye, at the behest of Trisong Detsen,[1] and shortly thereafter leaving Tibet due to court intrigues.[2]
A number of legends have grown around Padmasambhava's life and deeds, and he is widely venerated as a 'second Buddha' across Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, and the Himalayan states of India, and whomever believes in Tibetan Buddhism.[3][4]
In Tibetan Buddhism, he is a character of a genre of literature called terma,[2] an emanation of Amitābha that is said to appear to tertöns in visionary encounters and a focus of guru yoga practice, particularly in the Rimé schools. The Nyingma school considers Padmasambhava to be a founder of their tradition.[5]
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[hide]Historical sources[edit]
One of the earliest sources for Padmasambhava as a historical figure is the Testament of Ba (dating to the 9th or 10th centuries), which records the founding of Samye Monastery under the reign of king Trisong Detsen (r. 755–797/804).[6] Other texts from Dunhuang show that Padmasambhava's tantric teachings were being taught in Tibet during the 10th century. In later texts, Padmasambhava's story became highly mythologized and integrated into Tantric ritual.[7]
Mythos[edit]
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Nyangrel Nyima Özer (1136-1204) was the principal architect of the Padmasambhava mythos according to Janet Gyatso.[8] Guru Chöwang (1212–1270) was the next major contributor to the mythos.[8]
In the eleventh and twelfth centuries there were several competing terma traditions surrounding Padmasambhava, Vimalamitra, Songtsän Gampo, and Vairotsana.[9] At the end of the 12th century, there was the "victory of the Padmasambhava cult,"[10] in which a much greater role is assigned to the role of Padmasambhava in the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet.[11]
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Birth[edit]
According to tradition, Padmasambhava was incarnated as an eight-year-old child appearing in a lotus blossom floating in Lake Dhanakosha, in the kingdom of Oddiyana.[12] While some scholars locate this kingdom in the Swat Valley area of modern-day Pakistan, a case on literary, archaeological, and iconographical grounds can be made for placing it in the present-day state of Odisha in India.[13] Padmasambhava's special nature was recognized by the childless local king of Oḍḍiyāna and was chosen to take over the kingdom, but he left Oddiyana for northern parts of India.[14][15]
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