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[[Image:PadampaCave.jpg|thumb|450px|Padampa Sangye's meditation cave near [[Taktsang Monastery]] in Bhutan]]
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'''Padampa Sangye''' (Tib. ཕ་དམ་པ་སངས་རྒྱས་, Wyl. ''pha dam pa sangs rgyas''; Skt. ''Paramabuddha'') (d.1117) — the great Indian [[siddha]] visited Tibet and Bhutan several times. His main disciple was [[Machik Labdrön]] (1055-1149) who founded the lineage of [[Chö]] in Tibet and Bhutan.
'''Padampa Sangye''' (Tib. ཕ་དམ་པ་སངས་རྒྱས་, [[Wyl.]] ''pha dam pa sangs rgyas''; Skt. ''Paramabuddha'') (d.1117) — the great Indian [[siddha]] visited Tibet and Bhutan several times. His main disciple was [[Machik Labdrön]] (1055-1149) who founded the lineage of [[Chö]] in Tibet and Bhutan.


Both he and [[Machik Labdrön]] meditated in caves near [[Taktsang Monastery]] in Bhutan.
Both he and [[Machik Labdrön]] meditated in caves near [[Taktsang Monastery]] in Bhutan.

Revision as of 05:07, 30 July 2017

Padampa Sangye's meditation cave near Taktsang Monastery in Bhutan

Padampa Sangye (Tib. ཕ་དམ་པ་སངས་རྒྱས་, Wyl. pha dam pa sangs rgyas; Skt. Paramabuddha) (d.1117) — the great Indian siddha visited Tibet and Bhutan several times. His main disciple was Machik Labdrön (1055-1149) who founded the lineage of Chö in Tibet and Bhutan.

Both he and Machik Labdrön meditated in caves near Taktsang Monastery in Bhutan.

Further Reading

  • Padampa Sangye and Chökyi Senge, Lion of Siddhas: The Life and Teachings of Padampa Sangye, translated by David Molk with Lama Tsering Wangdu Rinpoche, Snow Lion Publications, 2008.
  • Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche & Padampa Sangye, The Hundred Verses of Advice—Tibetan Buddhist Teachings on What Matters Most, Shambhala, 2006.

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