Lex Hixon: In the case of a figure like Guru Padmasambhava, is that just a projection of one’s mind in meditation, or is he a real living figure that exists as much as we do?
Dudjom Rinpoche: Guru Padmasambhava is one with the Dharmakaya or the primordial Buddha in essence. Therefore, he is the essence of all Buddhas, but he manifested in this world of ours out of compassion in order to help sentient beings. He is, in essence, Buddha Amitaba, who manifested out of a lotus in Danakosha Lake. He is known as the Lotus-Born Guru.
It would be difficult for us human beings to appreciate Guru Padmasambhava if he does not manifest in this human form. But the essence of Guru Padmasambhava is without any limit of lives or spheres or time. So he came in physical form, yet his wisdom form is everywhere, and for all time. Historically speaking, he went away from us. But wisdom-wise, or intrinsically speaking, he is everywhere that there is devotion. If we truly realize that all this is but a mere manifestation of the intrinsic mind, then Guru Padmasambhava becomes one with our mind when this nature is truly realized
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