
Padmasambhava
Indian Buddhist master who carried Vajrayana Buddhism from India to Tibet in the 8th century, traditionally credited with subduing the local Bön spirits and establishing the Nyingma school of Tibetan Buddhism. Known to Tibetans as Guru Rinpoche ("Precious Master") and revered as a second Buddha, he is said to have hidden thousands of teachings (terma) for future generations to discover when the world was ready. His traditional biographies blend history with deep mystical teaching, and his name remains one of the most invoked in Tibetan prayer. The Nyingma lineage, the Dzogchen teachings, and much of the Tibetan tantric heritage trace directly to him.
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Quotes by Padmasambhava
72 quotes“Mind is its own witness. There is no other.”
“In one moment, see clearly. In one glance, see liberation.”
“Do not look outside. Look at the looker.”
“Awareness is empty and luminous. This is the true Buddha.”
“What is born must die. What appears must dissolve. Hold to nothing.”
“Mind is like a sky. Thoughts are like clouds. The sky remains.”
“In recognizing your nature, you are liberated. Continue to recognize.”
“Do not be distracted by phenomena. Do not turn away from phenomena. Just see.”
“Pure awareness is colorless, formless, beyond words. Yet it is undeniably present.”
“What is hidden by ignorance is revealed by attention.”
“Sit upright. Breathe naturally. Let the mind settle into its own ground.”
“There is no path. There is only the recognition of what is.”
“Even the search for liberation is a kind of bondage.”
“Devotion to the lama is the seed of every realization.”
“Do not depend on the words of others. Examine your own mind.”
“Compassion arises naturally from the recognition of emptiness.”
“What you call death is the sloughing of a coat.”
“Your enemies are your dearest teachers. Cherish them.”
“Look at your own mind. There is the meeting of all the lineages.”
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