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Padmasambhava in early Tibetan myth and ritual, Part 3: ‘miraculous births’ and ‘womb births’
In her seminal work on the Padmsambhava hagiographies, Anne-Marie Blondeau (1980) has famously described how the traditional narratives of Padmasambhava exist in parallel ‘womb birth’ (mngal skyes) and ‘miraculous birth’ (rdzus skyes) versions.[1] Deservedly, her work has been inspirational for … Continue reading
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