The "Long-chen Nying-thig Ngon-dro", a visionary prayer of great poetic beauty, is the basis of practice in the Nyingma tradition-the earliest form of Buddhism prevalent in Tibet. This tradition was founded by Padmasambhava, the Indian tantric saint who established the dharma there in the 8th century. Like the later traditions of the kagyu, Sakya and Gelug it is grounded in the mystical experience of Vajrayana or Tantric Buddhism. These most essential ...
