Bhutan: Thanka of Padmasambhava or Guru Rinpoche, 20th century
Padmasambhava, (Sanskrit Padmakara; Tibetan Pemajungn teu; Chinese Li te. Tibetan Pemajungn Teu; Chinese Li Te nhu 《 h》) or 'Lotus Born', was a guru from O Roh Saek y to] a (modern Swat) who is said to have transmitted Vajrayana Buddhism
In those lands he is better known as Guru Rinpoche ('Precious Guru') or Lopon Rinpoche, or, simply, Padum in Tibet, where followers of the Nyingma school His Pureland Paradise is Zangdok Palri (the Copper-coloured Mountain). <br/><br/>
He is further considered an emanation of Buddha Amitabha and traditionally even venerated as a second Buddha. He was born into a Brahmin family of Northwest India.