Guru Rinpoche Yabyum Thangka 31"x43" Guru Rinpoche Pages: 520

Pages: 520

Translator: Leslie Kawamura

transcending all remnants of self-interest and concerns for worldly well-being

from which the lineage derives its name

These four periods include our present life

Guru Rinpoche Yabyum Thangka 31"x43" Guru Rinpoche Pages: 520Beautiful hand painted thangka from Nepal depicting Guru Rinpoche in union with Yeshe Tsogyal. Guru Rinpoche, also known as Padmasambhava, helped to establish the Dharma in Tibet in the eighth century by constructing Samye Monastary, the first Buddhist monastary in Tibet. He and his consort, Yeshe Tsogyal, are considered the heart essence of the Dzogchen teachings and the source of the Nyingma school's terma tradition. He is often called the Buddha of