Paro Taktsang-The Tigers Nest
Tigers nest is one of the most auspicious monastery in Bhutan which is located in Paro. It is one of thirteen Tiger's Nest caves in historical Tibet in which Padmasambhava(Guru Rinpoche) practiced and taught Vajrayana. A later monastery complex was built in 1692, around the Taktsang Senge Samdup cave, where Guru Padmasambhava meditated and practiced with students including Yeshe Tsogyal before departing the kingdom of Tibet in the early 9th century. Padmasambhava is credited with introducing Vajrayana Buddhism to Bhutan, which was then part of Tibet, and is the tutelary deity of the country. Today, Paro Taktsang is the best known of the thirteen taktsang or "tiger lair" caves in which he and his students meditated. The shrine dedicated to Padmasambhava, also known as Gu-ru mTshan-brgyad Lhakhang or "the Shrine of the Guru with Eight Names", refers to Padmasambhava's Eight Manifestations and is an elegant structure built around the cave in 1692 by Gyalse Tenzin Rabgye. It has become the cultural icon of Bhutan. A popular festival, known as the Tsechu, held in honor of Padmasambhava, is celebrated in the Paro valley sometime during March or April.
Guru Rinpoche(Padmasambhava)
Guru Padmasambhava, which translates to ‘Lotus born’, is believed to have appeared in a blossoming lotus as an eight-year-old in the kingdom of Oddiyana. While Gautam Buddha attained enlightenment at a later stage in his life, legend has it that Padmasambhava was incarnated as Buddha—the awakened one; and at the moment of his birth, he announced that he had incarnated to ‘accomplish the actions of Buddhas of the past, present and future’. Interestingly, Gautam Buddha predicted his birth in the Mahayana Mahaparinirvana Sutra. One day before attaining the state of nirvana, he announced to his disciples that 12 years after his death, ‘a remarkable being with the name Padmasambhava will appear in the centre of a lotus’. Often called the second Buddha, Padmasambhava is revered by followers of Vajrayana Buddhism as both Amitabha (he who is infinite) and Avalokiteshvara (the embodiment of all buddhas/Chenreyzig).
Avalokiteshvara (The buddha of compassion/Chenreyzig).
Amitabha Buddha.
Amitābha , also known as Amida or Amitāyus, is a celestial buddha according to the scriptures of Mahayana Buddhism. Amitābha is the principal buddha in Pure Land Buddhism, a branch of East Asian Buddhism.
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