This is a is the first place where Padmashambhava lived in Nepal. The É Vihara of Lalitpur (Patan), an ancient kingdom of the Kathmandu Valley, is where Guru Rinpoché fearlessly entered horrific realms to rescue the Newar Princess Kunla Kunsashi from evil spirits. There is a place to sit and meditate. You can go into meditative states here effortlessly.
How to Get there
Yempi Mahavihar is 5 kms south of Tribhuvan International Airport.
Map: https://goo.gl/maps/vF1Yp3A8xL5Pt79N8
Yempi Mahavihar É Vihara temple in Patan
Yempi Mahavihar, built 2200 years ago by Khatkuti Aju, is a very important and sacred Buddhist site.
Guru Padmasambhava’s connection to this place is famously remembered in the way he came to the aid of his disciples, in particular on behalf of the Newar yogi king, the grief-stricken Shilamanju. Evil spirits had kidnapped Shilamanju’s daughter, the Mahaguru’s disciple, Kunla Kunsashi. The entire royal family was calling upon their master to help them. The temple is said to have been the starting point for Guru Padmasambhava’s fearless visit to the terrible realms where she had been taken. It is also said to be the site where he subsequently gave profound teachings to the Newars.
About Padmashambhava
Padmasambhava The Lotus Born, is said to have transmitted Tantric Buddhism to Bhutan and Tibet in the 8th century. In those lands he is better known as Guru Rinpoche (“Precious Master”) or Lopon Rinpoche, where followers of the Nyingma school regard him as the second Buddha. He said: “My father is the intrinsic awareness, Samantabhadra. My mother is the ultimate sphere of reality, Samantrabhadri. I belong to the caste of non-duality of the sphere and awareness. My name is the Glorious Lotus Born. I am from the unborn sphere of all phenomena. I consume concepts of duality as my diet. I act in the way of the Buddhas of the three times.” He was born into a monarchic Brahmin family. His Pureland Paradise is Zangdok Palri (the Copper-coloured Mountain). He is further considered an emanation of Amitabha Buddha and traditionally even venerated as “a second Buddha”.
Source
https://www.nekhor.org/padmasambhava/nepal/e-vihara
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