B09-Guru Padmasambhava (536 BCE to 8th century CE)

Guru Padmasambhava (536 BCE to 8th century CE) was an Indian patriarch of the Nyingma and other Tibetan Sects.  Natural Liberation: Padmasambhava’s Teachings on the Six Bardos, which includes commentary by Gyatrul Rinpoche, is a terma text on the life and teachings of Padmasambhava including his teachings on the Bardo and specific profound instructions given to Yeshe Tsogyal. This course will use that text and Yeshe Tsogyal’s Padmasambhava Comes to Tibet with its description of his 25 closest disciples, prayers, and mantras to study the life and teachings of this famous guru who was born shortly after Shakyamuni Buddha left this world and lived in and around India and Tibet.