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Summary: brilliant (but challenging)
Review: if I were to live the life of a padmasambhava, I would probably start by seeing controversy with established religion as just plain "good mojo"...
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Summary: Important Dharma Material
Review: Lotus-Born is a Dharma book. As such it should be sold and cared for in a proper manner. If you believe that this book is not being sold in a manner consistant with your teaching, please refrain from buying and causing the seller bad karma.
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Summary: Important Dharma Material
Review: That's the feeling I get after reading the whole book. Which part of it is true or the whole book is just plain fantasy stuff?I also realized that some of the ridiculous ideas that people have are perhaps originated from the source for this book. It goes to show how gullible people can be. On the other hand, it goes to show why some people considered Padmasambhava (aka Guru Rinpoche) to be a charlatan. You are encouraged to read also "Tibetan Buddhism, With Its Mystic Cults, Symbolism and Mythology, and in Its Relation to Indian Buddhism" (ISBN:0486201309) by Laurence Austin Waddell. If you are going to buy this book, be prepared to think of it like a Marvel comics without pictures but only words ---- pure fantasy.
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Summary: Nothing In This Book is True But That Is What Was Written
Review: That's the feeling I get after reading the whole book. Which part of it is true or the whole book is just plain fantasy stuff? I also realized that some of the ridiculous ideas that people have are perhaps originated from the source for this book. It goes to show how gullible people can be. On the other hand, it goes to show why some people considered Padmasambhava (aka Guru Rinpoche) to be a charlatan. You are encouraged to read also "Tibetan Buddhism, With Its Mystic Cults, Symbolism and Mythology, and in Its Relation to Indian Buddhism" (ISBN:0486201309) by Laurence Austin Waddell. If you are going to buy this book, be prepared to think of it like a Marvel comics without pictures but only words ---- pure fantasy.
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Summary: Truly inspirational, informative and devotional
Review: This book on the life of Padmasambhava is a beautiful story that lists his various accomplishments from his miraculous birth from a lotus to his attaining various spiritual accomplishments and establishing the Buddha Dharma firmly in the Land of Tibet. This book is translated from the original scripture, and is an authentic source for information on Padmasambhava's life. The book may read as fantasy, but as any religious literature, it must not be read in a wooden-literal sense, because to do so, would defeat the purpose of the work in the first place. This book was originally written by Yeshe Tsogyal (Padmasambhava's consort) to inspire future generations and to deepen their faith in Padmasambhava and his works. To that end, this modern translation succeeds completely. The foreword by the much reknowned teacher-H.H Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche adds weight to the caliber of this book and the information it contains. For practitioners of Tib. Buddhism, this book is an invaluable resource. For non-practitioners, the book reads like a fast paced fantastic story with many miraculous events and larger-than-life personages whose lives contain snipets of many former lives. I highly recommend this book. Enjoy!
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Summary: Believe All in This Book and You Can Believe Everything
Review: This so-called life story was written by Yeshe Tsogyel under the supervision of Padmasambhava (also known as Padmakara, Guru Rinpoche, etc.) and as tall a tale as the latter wanted it to be. Guru Rinpoche had a few consorts and Yeshe Tsogyel was his favorite but her past was not a untinted one. However the Guru had fabricated a filmsy life story for her and naturally this one about himself had to portray himself as perfection. In this book, you will learn how the Guru is superior to Buddha Sakyamuni (he being born from a lotus while the latter was developed from a human womb) and fit to transmit vajrayana.... Also he had to pretend that he was learning things when he had perfect knowledge so that it would not astonish people... On page 189, you will also learn that the Tibetan people were descended from a monkey bodhisattva (which was an emanation of bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara) and rock demoness (which was an emanation of a Tara Goddess). In conclusion, this is a very tall tale. If the believe it, I guess you can believe in ANYTHING. To be treated as a fantasy book.
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