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4-1-2002
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Padmasambhava Thangka Tibetan, 19th century ground mineral pigment on cotton and silk Gift of Bruce Walker '53, 2002.4.2
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Museum, Emison, "Padmasambhava Thangka" (2002). Shidzuo Iikubo '23 Asian Art Gallery. 8, Scholarly and Creative Work from DePauw University.
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Padmasambhava, also known as Guru rinpoche (Precious Teacher), was the adept Indian yogi from the present regions of northern Pakistan and Afghanistan who brought Buddhism to Tibet in the 8th Century. Regarded as the spiritual father of Tibetan Buddhism and founder of the Nyingma Sect, Padmasambhava is credited with "taming" and incorporating the many indigenous deities (Tsug), demons and spirits that are linked with animistic elements of Tibet's landscape into the Buddhist pantheon. Invited to Tibet by the 8th Century King, Tri Song Detsen, Padmasambhava in renowned for subduing negative energies and political obstacles that were preventing the construction of Samye, Tibet's first Buddhist monastery.