Guru Rinpoche

Guru Rinpoche Guru Rinpoche means Precious Master. He was born on 10th day of the fifth month of Bhutanese calendar. He was born from a lotus in lake Dhanakosha at Oddiyana in Pakistan. He was called Padma Sambhava or Pema Jungney which means, ‘lotus born’. Guru Rinpoche visited our country for the first time when Sindha Gyab, the king of Bumthang was seriously sick. Guru was invited to cure the sick king. It was believed that Shelging Karpo, the local deity, had made the king sick. Class IV Social Studies page 27 Guru Rinpoche