Dudjom Rinpoche describes the breadth and scope of Padmasambhava’s enlightened actions:
“They cannot be neatly arranged or reconciled in the conventional perceptions of ordinary people with respect to time span and physical location. For these are the kind of deeds performed by a powerful master of miracles, who has free rein to manifest them in response to the devotion, mentality and attitudes of beings.”
The seventeenth century master Tsele Natsok Rangdrol adds: “We should understand that all Padmasambhava’s deeds and the examples in his life are a magical display, shown to tame people according to their particular inclinations.
By regarding him as a normal human being, we will fail to perceive even a fraction of his enlightened qualities... Any incongruities we may find in the life stories of enlightened beings come about only because they are perceived differently by the differing levels of people who are to be trained... The master Padmasambhava was a supreme nirmanakaya.
He appeared free from faults and fully endowed with all eminent qualities. He certainly does not remain within the reach of people’s solid fixation on a permanent reality, but appears according to the needs of disciples."'
Sogyal Rinpoche - Great Treasure of Blessings.
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