Padmasambhava’s teachings on death are set down, shaping Tibetan Buddhism
The Tibetan Book of the Dead was first committed to writing in 8th-century Tibet, then hidden in the Gampo hills as a terma, or treasure text, until the terton Karma Lingpa unearthed it around the 14th century. Traditionally credited to Padmasambhava and preserved by his student Yeshe Tsogyal, it offers a map for consciousness navigating the passage between death and rebirth.