By renowned Buddhest Temple and Thangka Painter Urgyen Gyalpo, Karma Gadri Style

Blessed by Dodrupchen Rinpoche

Guru Rinpoche incarnated as a fully enlightened being, as foretold by . Padmasambhava is considered the Second Buddha by the  school, the oldest Buddhist school in Tibet known as "the ancient ones". Around 767 he came to  and helped construct , the first Buddhist and Nyingma monastery in Tibet. Padmasambhava then revealed the  of , with scholars, translators, and masters. His students in Tibet include the great master  and the "".