Tighten your restless mind, and widen your awareness; take measure of your wandering thoughts, and as steady as Mount Meru, enter into meditation.

Credited as the founder of Buddhism in Tibet, Padmasambhava’s biography is rich in symbol and archetype.Padmasambhava is widely venerated by Buddhists in Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, the Himalayan states of India, and in countries around the world. He successfully laid the foundation for Samyé monastery, and saw it through to completion, even employing the gods and demons who had previously proven troublesome.

An accessible, inspiring book on one of the most important topics in Tibetan Buddhism, written by one of its renowned masters who has an international following of thousands. The biography's 108 cantos sweep us along with the excitement afforded only by tales of the truly great giants of history.By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. In this Tibet of mine, barbarous and snowy, where gorges and monasteries bristle with weapons, perverse are the ministers, red faces of the race of the ogres; white souls there never were; numerous are the sinners. As a consequence of breaking the law against killing children, Padmasambhava was promptly banished to the charnel grounds. Moved by compassion at the suffering of sentient beings, Buddha Amitābha, Lord of Sukhāvatī, sent from his heart a golden vajra marked with the syllable hrīḥ, which entered into the bud of the lotus flower. Line illustrations throughout, created and designed byTarthang Tulku,drawn by Rosalyn White Thankas on pages 111-115,195-215,423-439 courtesy of H.