In the self-manifest saṃbhogakāya realm known as ‘Resounding Drum of Perfection’, he appears as the boundless array of the five wisdom families of Buddha ‘Immense Ocean,’ possessing the five certainties. There, he is renowned as the original lord, Unchanging Light.
In the dharmakāya realm of ‘Luminous Vajra Essence’, he has been naturally enlightened within primordial purity - the ground of liberation - since the very beginning. Even the great bodhisattvas are incapable of fully telling the story of his life and liberation, yet I shall nonetheless give a brief outline in the pages that follow. Guru Padmasambhava was an emanation of both Buddha Amitābha and the peerless Śākyamuni, and his purpose was to pacify human and spirit beings that were otherwise difficult to tame. This great master was not an ordinary person on the path, nor merely a noble being on one of the bodhisattva levels. Padmasambhava, known as the ‘Second Buddha’, has influenced countless beings through the essential vajrayāna teachings of secret mantra, and especially through his profound terma-treasure activities here in Tibet. The Life and Liberation of Padmākara, the Second Buddha from A Precious Garland of Lapis Lazuli
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