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Guru Rinpoche, Padma Sambhava, was an Indian tantric sage who brought Buddhism from India to Tibet in the 8th Century AD. Invited from India by Tibetan King Trisong Deutsen, Padma Sambhava ("The Lotus Born" Guru) converted the entire country.
The founder of Tibetan Buddhism and the patriarch of the Nyingmapa lineage, Padma Sambhava's main disciple was the Tibetan queen who became his consort, the Dakini Yeshe Tsogyal, the first female lineage holder in Tibet.
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