Lotus Born: The Life Story of Padmasambhava

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Lotus-Born is the fabulous story of the mystic, master scholar, and outrageous yogi, Padmasambhava, the Lotus-Born, who grew up an adopted prince, was banished, burned at the stake in a neighbouring kingdom, and continued miraculously unscathed, wandering through cemetries, dancing on corpses, and proceeded to live more than five hundred years. He is regarded by many Tibetans as a real, historical figure, the founder of Buddhism in Tibet where he subjugated demons and taught the Buddha's teachings.

"The first complete version of Guru Rinpoche's life, "The Lotus-Born" translated by Erik Pema Kunsang, one of the most able and prolific Western translators, comes highly recommended. What a relief to be able to sit down and read a treasure in which we can have full confidence in both the words and the meaning. He has put Guru Rinpoche's life into meaningful context by including with his translation a foreword by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and a short work by Tsele Natsok Rangdrol, a master of the seventeenth century."- Ngawang Zangpo, author of "Guru Rinpoche: His Life and Times"