Merlin the Boy, Padmasambhava the man, Merlin the Old Man who put King Arthur on the throne of England (as of 2:30 Am August 21st

 I brought this over from August 20th because I think for now I finished what I wanted to do regarding who I believe presently Padmasambhava and Merlin actually are: Since there have been many articles since I began writing this I thought I might help you some to better fine this article by moving it to today:

Wednesday, August 20, 2025

Merlin the Boy, Padmasambhava the man, Merlin the Old Man who put King Arthur on the throne of England

Merlin was young then. He noticed that it rained a lot where he grew up and that it made everything very green. However, getting enough food and staying warm and dry was always a problem for people in the British Isles where he was growing up. He was raised by Medicine people who healed people and so he watched them gather medicines from the forest to make tinctures and other types of medicines to heal people from the things that grew naturally in the forests and countrysides where he lived.

However, he heard things about other countries so he always wanted to travel as he was growing up. Then the group of healers were captured by a local King and forced to work for a bad King in keeping him alive. Merlin was captured by the king's guard too and he watched the healers he was raised around die one by one mostly from overwork and starvation serving this evil king.

He vowed one day to put a Good King on the throne of England, some how some where, some when.

Finally, he escaped one day and stole a boat and rode it to France away from this bad King. He left the boat on the shores of France and started walking. He made enough money for food by healing people on his way. Though he didn't know the languages of France then he was very intelligent and so he figured ways to communicate with people. One of the ways was to carry herbs he gathered for healing around his neck and in his backpack made from sheepskin. by Carrying the wares of his healing trade he went from place to place healing people. Eventually, he made it to the South of France where he heard people speaking in the local languages about the Middle Eastern Deserts and even talk of India.

Each land had it's own eccentricities and since he wasn't married he found by healing people and moving constantly a little each week or month while healing more people that he could keep traveling so he wouldn't get taken by a local King or Lord prisoner as a healer of some court or other. Eventually, he found a ship that could take him to Egypt where the Pyramids were. They were a thing of wonder to Merlin and he remembered living at the time in another body when the Pyramids were actually built.

So, this ship took him to Egypt where he traveled up the mouth of the Nile River to the Pyramids of Egypt at Giza. He stayed several years there because the civilization there allowed him to at that time. He became known as a Great Healer there and he started to become rich healing people. He was only in his mid 20s then. But, eventually by becoming too famous he heard that the local rulers were coming for him to force him to heal the leaders of Egypt at that time. 

So, he snuck away in the night to the Red Sea where he booked passage on a sailing ship which took him first to Jeddah and then took him around the Gulf of Aden all the way to India where he eventually was led to Nalanda University. (I have been to visit these Ruins of Nalanda Buddhist University with my family in late 1985 or early 1986 likely early January by the way). I went with Geshe Lobsang Gyatso a Tibetan Lama originally from Kham, Tibet where he was born in the 1930s.

So, life seemed to be directing him all the way to Nalanda University at this time. He became a student here and paid his way by healing people which was his trade that he was very good at from traveling so far healing people along the way from the British Isles to France to Egypt and now to Nalanda Buddhist University in the Bihar state of India (in the present).

However, now if we consider that Merlin and Padmasambhava were the same person (Padmasambhava brought Buddhism to Tibet to King Trisong Detsun, the records indicate that Padmasambhava was coming from Afghanistan?

What does Google AI say? 

No, Padmasambhava is not from Afghanistan, according to scholarly and traditional sources. He is believed to have been born in the ancient kingdom of Oddiyana, which scholars generally locate in the Swat Valley, an area that is now part of present-day Pakistan,

according to the Xuanfa Institute and. Some scholars suggest it could possibly have been located near the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan,. 

The name Padmasambhava itself means "Lotus-Born" in Sanskrit, referring to the legend of his miraculous birth on a lotus flower in Lake Dhanakosha within Oddiyana. 

In Summary

• Padmasambhava was born in the ancient kingdom of Oddiyana.
• Oddiyana is believed to have been located in the Swat Valley of present-day Pakistan.
• Some sources suggest the possibility of it being near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. 
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• However, then you read in ancient texts that Padmasambhava had Pink Skin like someone from Europe or the British Isles and you say to yourself, "Could Padmasambhava have been Merlin as a younger man?"
• The answer to this question when I asked Saint Germain this question in Rewalsar was a "Violet Lightning storm of epic proportions that started while I was viewing Padmasambhava's footprints melted into the rocks above Rewalsar. So, I take this as a "Yes". Not only was Saint Germain's soul also, Padmasambhava but since Saint Germain was also Merlin then Merlin of England likely was Padmasambhava as a younger man who became a Mahasiddha in India, especially at Nalanda Buddhist University which was eventually destroyed with all it's records by the Moghals.
• Here is what Google AI says about this:
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  No, the Mughals did not destroy Nalanda University. The university was destroyed by Bakhtiyar Khilji, a Turko-Afghan military general, during his conquest of northern and eastern India in the late 12th century. He led an invasion that targeted the Buddhist center of learning, resulting in the destruction of the university and its library. The Mughals, on the other hand, rose to power much later, in the 16th century. end quote. so, This is interesting because this is the first time I heard this about the Turko-Afghan Military General.

   

  When I asked what religion was   Bakhtiyar Khilji, I was told Muslim by Google AI. So, now this makes sense why both Buddhism and Hinduism suffered a lot when Muslims came in and tried to wipe out both Hinduism and Buddhism and failed ultimately at doing both.

   

  However, we also found out that because of the Muslim invasion of India and this whole area that this is why the records kept at Nalanda Buddhist University are no more because they were all destroyed by the Muslims when they came there from further to the west when they did.

  Next question is: 'When did they destroy Nalanda Buddhist University?

   

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  Nalanda University was destroyed in 1193 CE. Specifically, it was sacked and burned by Turkish-Afghan military general Bakhtiyar Khilji during his raids in northern and eastern India. The university, a prominent center of Buddhist learning, was set ablaze and the fire reportedly raged for months due to the vast number of books in its library. 

  

  Merlin's existence is primarily in legend and literature, with the most prominent timeline placing him in the 5th and 6th centuries, during the time of King Arthur. However, some sources suggest he may have lived earlier, in the 6th century, as Myrddin Wyllt, a figure associated with the Scottish Lowlands. In the Harry Potter universe, Merlin is depicted as a Hogwarts student and Slytherin, placing his timeline in the 10th century, which conflicts with the Arthurian legends.  So, if we take this information then: When did Padmasambhava Live and take Buddhism to Tibet?

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  Padmasambhava, also known as Guru Rinpoche, lived and brought Vajrayana Buddhism to Tibet in the 8th century CE. He arrived in Tibet around 747 CE at the invitation of King Trisong Detsen, and is credited with establishing the first monastery, Samye Monastery, and helping to integrate Buddhism into Tibetan culture. 

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  • King Trisong Detsen's invitation:

    King Trisong Detsen, a strong proponent of Buddhism, invited Padmasambhava to Tibet to help solidify the religion's presence. 
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• Samye Monastery:

  Padmasambhava is renowned for his role in constructing Samye Monastery, the first Buddhist monastery in Tibet, which became a central location for Buddhist learning and practice. 
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• Integrating Buddhism:

  Padmasambhava is credited with not only establishing the physical infrastructure for Buddhism but also with integrating it with local Tibetan beliefs and practices, including the pacification of local spirits and deities. 
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• Vajrayana Buddhism:

  Padmasambhava is a key figure in the introduction and development of Vajrayana Buddhism in Tibet, which emphasizes esoteric tantric practices. 
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• Legacy:

  Padmasambhava's influence on Tibetan Buddhism is profound, and he is revered as one of the most important figures in its history, often referred to as the "Second Buddha" by Tibetans. 

  
  
• Different Perspectives on Merlin's Timeline:

  • Arthurian Legend:

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  In the Arthurian cycle, Merlin is a figure of the 5th and 6th centuries, closely associated with King Arthur and his court. 
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Historical Figure:

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Some scholars suggest that Merlin was based on a real person, perhaps a druid or a prophetic figure, who lived in the Scottish Lowlands around the 6th century. 

Harry Potter Universe:

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In the Harry Potter world, Merlin is portrayed as a historical wizard who attended Hogwarts in the 10th century and was a Slytherin. 

Welsh Tradition:

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In Welsh tradition, Merlin (Myrddin) was a prophet and wild man of the woods in the 6th century. 

Geoffrey of Monmouth:

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Geoffrey of Monmouth, a key figure in shaping the Arthurian legend, placed Merlin in the 12th century, drawing on earlier traditions. 

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  In Welsh poetry, Myrddin was a bard who was driven mad after witnessing the horrors of war and subsequently fled civilization to b...

  

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Merlin's Timeline : r/HPfanfiction - Reddit

Apr 5, 2019 — Discussion. In usual tellings, Merlin is placed somewhere in the 5th and 6th centuries, along with all of Arthurian myt...

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Merlin: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland

Merlin, also known as Myrddin Wyllt, Merlin Caledonensis, or Merlin Sylvestrus lived from about 540 to August 584. He is a figure ...

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However, since some historians place Merlin in the 5th or 6th centuries (if he actually existed) other historians place him as late as the 12th Century.

Given this wide difference of opinion regarding the century of Merlin's existence could Merlin have actually been Padmasambhava in 747 as a young man having moved from England to India as a healer and Magician, become a Mahasiddha (which could explain how Merlin placed Arthur on the throne of England as a much older man when he returned to England.

 

So, especially because of the Violet Lightning Storm from Saint Germain in Rewalsar, India in early 1986 that I witness which is one of the sacred places of Padmasambhava in India it is not only possible but also likely that Padmasambhava and Merlin are the same person at different times in the same lifetime.

 

So, this is very interesting. 

 

If this is true Merlin Started in Scotland (according to the information gathered already) specifically southern Scotland and migrated slowly down through England to France and across France on foot or horseback or both to Some place then where he could book passage on a ship to the Middle East. Once he was there (possibly Egypt) he traveled on foot or by Camel or Horse to where he might take a boat to India or he went to Pakistan and Afghanistan on his way to Nalanda Buddhist University in Bihar India. Then as a much older man he returned to England and Scotland and put Arthur on the throne of England so the people in the British Isles might finally have a good king to guide them.

 

Having visited where Arthur and Guinnevere are supposedly buried in Glastonbury Abbey this is beginning to make more and more sense to me especially after my experience in Rewalsar (a Padmasambhava Holy place with footprints of Padmasambhava melted into the rocks above REwalsar lake and Mandharava's hand prints melted into the rocks in Town there that I witness by putting my own fingers in the holes of her fingers in the rocks which is a sacred place in REwalsar when I visited there guarded by a Tibetan Buddhist Nun 24 hours a day.

 

The other interesting thing in Rewalsar (Tsopema) is that my Vasques Cascade Hiking boots were exactly the same size as Padmasambhava's melted footprints into the rocks there.

 

Both I and the Tibetan Buddhist Monk showing me the melted footprints of Padmasambhava in the rocks were amazed my boots were exactly the same size as his footprints melted into the rocks. So, it's likely that Padmasambhava (Merlin?) was tall like me with size 14 boots or sandals because I'm 6 foot 5 inches tall and so it would be a very tall man who melted his boots or sandals into the rocks there at Rewalsar (Tsopema) India.