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Yeshe Tsogyal (Tib. ཡེ་ཤེས་མཚོ་རྒྱལ་, Wyl. ye shes mtsho rgyal) — the principal consort of Guru Padmasambhava. She was Vajravarahi in human form and also an emanation of Tara and Buddhalochana.

Biography

She was born as a princess in the clan of Kharchen. According to some accounts her father was called Namkha Yeshe and her mother was Gewa Bum.^[1] In other histories, such as the Zanglingma and the biography revealed by Taksham Nüden Dorje, her father is named as Kharchen Palgyi Wangchuk, who is otherwise said to have been her brother. Yet another version names her father as Tökar Lek and her mother as Gyalmo Tso.

She became the consort of King Trisong Detsen before being offered to Guru Rinpoche as a mandala offering during an empowerment. She specialized in the practice of Vajrakilaya and experienced visions of the deity and gained accomplishment. In Nepal, she paid a ransom for Acharya Salé and took him as her spiritual consort. Through the power of her unfailing memory, she collected all the teachings given by Guru Rinpoche in Tibet and concealed them as terma. At the end of her life, it is said, she flew through the air and went directly to Zangdokpalri.

Notes

↑ See for example Tulku Thondup (1996) page 93

Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha

Khenchen Pema Sherab Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, France, 19 May 2024

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External Links

[1] See for example Tulku Thondup (1996) page 93

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-'''Yeshe Tsogyal''' (''ye shes mtsho rgyal'') - The principal consort of [[Guru Padmasambhava]]. She was [[Vajravarahi]] in human form and also an emanation of [[Tara]] and [[Buddhalochana]]. She was born as a princess in the clan of Kharchen and became the consort of [[King Trisong Detsen]] before being offered to [[Guru Rinpoche]] as a [[mandala offering]] during an [[empowerment]]. She specialized in the practice of [[Vajrakilaya]] and experienced visions of the deity and gained accomplishment. In Nepal, she paid a ransom for Acharya Salé and took him as her spiritual consort. Through the power of her unfailing memory, she collected all the teachings given by Guru Rinpoche in Tibet and concealed them as [[terma]]. At the end of her life, it is said, she flew through the air and went directly to the [[Zangdokpalri]].
+'''Yeshe Tsogyal''' (Tib. [[ཡེ་ཤེས་མཚོ་རྒྱལ་]], [[Wyl.]] ''ye shes mtsho rgyal'') — the principal consort of [[Guru Padmasambhava]]. She was [[Vajravarahi]] in human form and also an emanation of [[Tara]] and [[Buddhalochana]].
+==Biography==
+She was born as a princess in the clan of [[Kharchen]]. According to some accounts her father was called Namkha Yeshe and her mother was Gewa Bum.<ref>See for example Tulku Thondup (1996) page 93</ref> In other histories, such as the [[Zanglingma]] and the biography revealed by [[Taksham Nüden Dorje]], her father is named as [[Kharchen Palgyi Wangchuk]], who is otherwise said to have been her brother. Yet another version names her father as Tökar Lek and her mother as Gyalmo Tso.
+She became the consort of [[King Trisong Detsen]] before being offered to [[Guru Rinpoche]] as a [[mandala offering]] during an [[empowerment]]. She specialized in the practice of [[Vajrakilaya]] and experienced visions of the deity and gained accomplishment. In Nepal, she paid a ransom for Acharya Salé and took him as her [[spiritual consort]]. Through the power of her unfailing memory, she collected all the teachings given by Guru Rinpoche in Tibet and concealed them as [[terma]]. At the end of her life, it is said, she flew through the air and went directly to [[Zangdokpalri]].
+==Notes==
+<small><references/></small>
+==Teachings Given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha==
+*[[Khenchen Pema Sherab Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], France, 19 May 2024
 ==Further Reading==
-*Keith Dowman, ''Sky Dancer: The Secret Life & Songs of the Lady Yeshe Tsogyel''
+*[[Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima]], ''A Lamp That Illuminates the Excellent Path of Great Bliss: A Guide to the Practice Text of the Female Awareness Holder the Queen of Great Bliss''
-*Gyalwa Changchub, ''Namkhai Nyingpo, Lady of the Lotus-Born: The Life and Enlightenment of Yeshe Tsogyal'', translated by Padmakara Translation Group
+*[[Lasum Gyalwa Changchup|Gyalwa Changchub]] and [[Namkhé Nyingpo|Namkhai Nyingpo]], ''Lady of the Lotus-Born: The Life and Enlightenment of Yeshe Tsogyal'', translated by Padmakara Translation Group, Shambhala 1999.
-*Nam-mkha'i sNying-po, ''Mother of Knowledge: The Enlightenment of Yeshe Tsogyal'', translated by Tarthang Tulku, Dharma Publishing, 1983
+*Janet Gyatso, 'A Partial Genealogy of the Lifestory of Ye shes mtsho rgyal' in JIATS, no. 2, August 2006
+*Keith Dowman, ''Sky Dancer: The Secret Life & Songs of the Lady Yeshe Tsogyel'', Snow Lion, 1997 (first edition published in 1983).
+*Nam-mkha'i sNying-po, ''Mother of Knowledge: The Enlightenment of Yeshe Tsogyal'', translated by [[Tarthang Tulku]], Dharma Publishing, 1983.
+*[[Nyoshul Khenpo]], ''A Marvelous Garland of Rare Gems: Biographies of Masters of Awareness in the Dzogchen Lineage'', trans. Richard Barron (Junction City: Padma Publishing, 2005), pages 61-70 (Includes brief verse biography by Jamgön Kongtrul).
+*[[Tulku Thondup]], ''Masters of Meditation and Miracles'', Shambhala, 1996.
+==Internal Links==
+*[[Daki Mengak Gabtik]]
+*[[Kharchen Za]]
+*[[Yeshe Tsogyal's Prayer]]
+*[[Yumka Dechen Gyalmo]]
+==External Links==
+*{{LH|tibetan-masters/jamgon-kongtrul/tamburas-yearning-song-of-devotion| The Tambura’s Yearning Song of Devotion: A Prayer Summarising Khandro Yeshé Tsogyal’s Life and Liberation}}
+*{{LH|tibetan-masters/pema-lingpa/yeshe-tsogyals-prayer|Yeshe Tsogyal's Prayer}}
+*{{TBRC|P7695|TBRC Profile}}
+*[https://youtu.be/P5nzh0Ytq6k Goodman Lecture by Prof. Anne C Klein: Being Human and a Buddha Too: Dialogues with Yeshe Tsogyal]
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 [[Category:Female Masters]]
+[[Category:Nyingma Masters]]
 [[Category:Twenty-five Disciples]]