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Along with Trisong Detsen and Shantarakshita, Padmasambhava is considered one of the principal early teachers to bring Buddhism to Tibet in the 8th century, Padmasambhava has numerous forms representing outer, inner and secret aspects of his spiritual being.

Within the Oral (Kama) Tradition of the Nyingma School of Tibetan Buddhism, Padmasambhava was born in Northern India as the son of a king, or minister. In the Revealed Treasure (Terma) Tradition he was born on a lotus in Dhanakosha lake as an emanation of the Buddha Amitabha. There is even some evidence to suggest that Padmasambhava came from South India and that he was the brother-in-law of the Indian Abbott Shantarakshita, builder of the first monastery in Tibet. (See Padmasambhava Life-story Painting).

Padmasambhava: Forms & Subjects:

- Padmasambhava Outline

- Padmasambhava Iconography Sub-sets Outline

- Life Story Paintings (Miscellaneous)

- Life Story Painting Set: Shechen

- Life Story & Eight Forms (Single Painting)

- Eight Forms (All Images)

- Eight Forms Outline

- Eight Forms: Dege Blockprints

- Eight Forms: Prajnaparamita Text

- Eight Forms: Tibet House Set

- Terma Representations

- Totreng Tsal: Five Forms

- Meditational Forms Outline

- Copper Coloured Mountain

- Copper Coloured Mountain (Chogyur Lingpa)

- Yeshe Tsogyal

- Twenty-five Disciples

- Others....