Nepal Pilgrimage

Guru Rinpoche or Padma Sambhava is one of the founders of Tibetan Buddhism. Guru Rinpoche was born out of a lotus in Afghanistan. Where he was found and raised by a family. He learn his teaching mainly in India and then spread them in Nepal and Tibet.

Mainly legends of Guru Rinpoche are known in Nepal. The most famous ones are the caves where Guru Rinpoche meditated and enreached several stages of enlightment like Yanglesho not far from Pharping in the south west of the Kathmandu Valley. The Maratika cave which is better known as Halesi Mahadev and the whole region of Dolpo where Rinpoche fought his final battles with some Demoness who were sabotaging the spread of Buddhism. A few still existing Bon faith monestries, which was the main faith of Tibet, Siberia and parts of Nepal. Believe that Guru Rinpoche lost the battle. As a proof their Bon monestries in Dolpo still exist.