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Date: ca 1700-1799 CE
Subject: Central portion, Padmasambhava; In Sanskrit Padmasambhava means "lotus-born". Founder of the Tibetan or Tantric school of Buddhism in the 8th century. In Bhutan and Tibet he is better known as Guru?Rinpoche ("Precious Master") where followers of the Nyingma school regard him as the second Buddha.