Padmasambhava ( ) The Lotus Born,'s said to have transmitted Tantric Buddhism to Bhutan and Tibet in the 8th century. In those lands he's better known as Guru Rinpoche ("Precious Master") or Lopon Rinpoche, where followers of the Nyingma school regard him as the second Buddha. He said: "My father's the intrinsic awareness, Samantabhadra. My mother's the ultimate sphere of reality, Samantrabhadri. I belong to the caste of non-duality of the sphere and awareness. My name's the Glorious Lotus Born… (More on Padmasambhava)