Padmashambava is the ritual master among the triple of the abbot, the master, and the king in the Tubo Dynasty. In the mid eighth century, he proposed building the Samye Monastery and taught Tibetans to learn how to translate the Buddhist Scriptures. He established the exoteric Buddhist schools and the esoteric Mandala.

According to the Buddhist scriptures, practising his Dharma will enable the follower to have unlimited and mysterious virtue. He will become wiser and more elequent and eliminate diseases, disastres and evils. He will also lengthen his span of life and have adequate food and clothing. He will vanquish demons and bring the ghosts under control.