Guru Padmasambhava art auction red and white– and four

red and white– and four faces with three eyes each

but as an eight year-old boy in the center of a lotus in North India

It is Kalachakra – depicted here blue in hue and with many arms

So intense was his motivation that he wished for his head to split into a thousand pieces if his striving waned in the least

In her left hand she holds the stem of an utpala lotus which indicates the protection she grants against the eight fears

Guru Padmasambhava art auction red and white– and fourAccording to legend, Padmasambhava was born not from a woman, but as an eight year old boy in the center of a lotus in North India. He played a crucial role in the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet, subduing the defiant local spirits and founding the first tantric sect, the Nyingma. In 760, the Tibetan king Trisong Detsen invited Padmasambhava to Tibet to subdue the local spirits that were obstructing the establishment of Buddhism. The king had been