Guru Padmasambhava (on red base) Constructed of Meranti Wood

Constructed of Meranti Wood

Ashanga wished to remove the maggots

white and radiant as a full moon

She has four arms on each side

The king had been attempting to build the first monastery in Tibet

Guru Padmasambhava (on red base) Constructed of Meranti WoodAccording 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 Nyingma. 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