Padma sambhav statue

Item  Name :      Padma Sambhav
Style                 Natural
Religion             Buddhism
Place of origin  : Kathmandu, Nepal
Material           : Copper
color                 Gold


PADMA SAMBHAV - was a renowned and highly learned tantric saint of Northern India. In the middle of the eight century the Tibetan King Thi-Sron Detsan sent to India  inviting  the  learned guru to come to Tibet. Padma Sambhav was renowned for his knowledge of tantras and of their efficacious application.He remained 50 years in Tibet founding monasteries and teaching the tnatra doctrine.He is said to have subdued all the malignant gods in the Tibet sparing only those that became converted to Buddhism and that promised to be defenders(Dharmapala) of the doctrine. Padmasambhav, in his turn, promised to enroll them in the Mahayana Pantheon.He claimed to have received from the dakini the books from which he acquired his mirculous power. At the end of fifty years Padma Sambhav disappeared miraculouslu.

Padmasambhav is represented seated on a  lotus asana with the legs locked, the right hand holding the vajra and the left. Lying in his lap, the patra.He holds his special symbol, the khatvanga pressed against his breast with the left arm.