Guru Padmasambhava art auction red and white– and four

red and white– and four faces with three eyes each

and can ward off negative energy

One of the favorites of Tibetans

but forbidden to take them away with him

Guru Padmasambhava art auction red and white– and fourAccording to legend, Padmasambhava was born not from a woman, but as an eight year old boy in the center of a lotus in North India. He played a crucial role in the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet, subduing the defiant local spirits and founding the first tantric sect, the Nyingma. In 760, the Tibetan king Trisong Detsen invited Padmasambhava to Tibet to subdue the local spirits that were obstructing the establishment of Buddhism. The king had been