Guru Padmasambhava
- July 13, 2023
- Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Guru Padmasambhava
Subject : Art and Culture
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About Guru Padmasambhava
- Guru Padmasambhava was born in India and travelled all across Himalayan region in the 8th century to spread Buddhism and Buddhist teachings
- Guru Padmasambhava is highly revered in Bhutan.
- There is an image or painting of the Guru Padmasambhava in every Bhutanese home or temple.
- Guru Padmasambhava was also known as Guru Rinpoche is widely venerated as a “second Buddha” by adherents of Tibetan Buddhism in Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, the Himalayan states of India, and elsewhere.
- Guru Padmasambhava is also considered to be the founder of Nyingma tradition, oldest of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism.