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Padmasambhava, often known as the 'Second Buddha', is famous for converting the demons of Tibet. In this lecture we are given a brief biography of Padmasambhava and an outline of the progressive Nyingmapa practices attributed to him.
N.B. Poor original recording.
Talk given in 1972.
| 1. | An encounter with Padmasambhava in Darjeeling (7:17) | |
| 2. | The historical figure; the biographies (7:40) | |
| 3. | Padmasambhava’s career (15:10) | |
| 4. | Padmasambhava’s arrival in Tibet looked at in more detail (12:24) | |
| 5. | How did Padmasambhava overcome the demons? engaging with the non-rational (15:30) | |
| 6. | Padmasambhava’s teachings (4:17) | |
| 7. | The nine yanas: Sravakayana; Pratyekabuddhayana; Bodhisattvayana; Kriyayogayana; Ubayacaryayogayana; Yogayana; Mahayogayana; Anuyogayana; Atiyogayana (7:37) | |
| 8. | The Nyingmapa tradition (9:14) |
Total running time: 1:19:09
