Padmasambhava

 It is believed that, on seeing this statue at Samye in Tibet, where it was 

made in the eighth century, he remarked, "It looks like me," and then blessed 

it, saying, "Now it is the same as me!"

"One of his qualities is that he has the power to give his blessing instantly to whoever prays to him, and whatever we may pray for, he has the power to grant our wish immediately. Inspired by this, fix a copy of this picture at your eye level and lightly set your attention on his face, especially on the gaze of his eyes. There is a deep stillness in the immediacy of that gaze, which almost bursts out of the photograph to carry you into a state of awareness without clinging, the state of meditation.  Then leave your mind quietly, at peace, wi th 

Padmasambhava." Source