1. Introduction 69 2. Seven-Born Lore in the Pacifying Tradition 72 a. At the Margins of Vision and Viscera: Padampa’s Transmission of Seven-Born Lore to Tibet 75 b. The Materialization and Apotheosis of a Seven-Times Born Bodhisattva in Tibet 86 c. The Shifting Ground of Padampa’s Cremation Narrative 90 d. Padampa’s Past Lives and the Law of Sevens 98 e. Avalokiteśvara in Padampa’s Life and Legacy 103 3. Seven-Born Flesh in Guru Chöwang’s Maṇi-Pill Tradition 106 4. Final Considerations 115 Appendix 122 Select Literary Sources for Seven-Times-Born Flesh in the Pacifying Collection 122 1. Dri med bdud rtsi’i bshad ’bum (Sb), in Thugs sras Kun dga’ 1979, vol. 2, 73.6–84.2; and Zil mngar bdud rtsi’i thigs pa (Dt), in Thugs sras Kun dga’ 1979, vol. 1 122 a. English Translation 122 b. Tibetan Edition 130 2. Zhus lan thugs kyi me long gi bshad ’bum zab mo’i don rnam par gzigs pa’i ’phreng ba, in Thugs sras Kun dga’ 1979, vol. 5, 484.3–485.6. 140 3. ’Da’ ka zhal chems, in Thugs sras Kun dga’ 1979, vol. 3, 83.3–84.3. 141 4. Zhus lan thugs kyi me long gi bshad ’bum chen zab mo’i don rnam par gzigs pa’i ’phreng ba, in Thugs sras Kun dga’ 1979, vol. 5, 433.5–434.1. 143 5. Chos kyi seng ge, Grub pa’i dbang phyug chen po rje btsun dam pa sangs rgyas kyi rnam par thar pa dngos grub ’od stong ’bar ba’i nyi ma, in Dam pa sangs rgyas 2012–2013, vol. 5, 156.1–157.3. 143 6. Chos ’byung nor bu’i ‘phreng ba, in ’Dul ’dzin mKhyen rab rgya mtsho 1981, 548.4–549.1. 144 7. Lung rigs ’brug sgra, in Sog bzlog pa Blo gros rgyal mtshan 1975, vol. 2, 112.6–113.3. 144 8. Brul tsho nyi shu rtsa bzhi’i bshad ’bum, in Thugs sras Kun dga’ 1979, vol. 4, 90.7–91.5. 145 9. Zhi byed brgyud pa phyi ma’i chos bla ma byang chub kun dga’i lugs, in Thugs sras Kun dga’ 1979, vol. 4, 331.4–332.7. 146 Works Cited 147
