The Life and Visions of Yeshe Tsogyal
The Autobiography of the Great Wisdom Queen
By Drime Kunga
Foreword by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
By Yeshe Tsogyal
Translated by Chonyi Drolma
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Snow Lion08/22/2017Pages: 224Size: 5.5 x 8.5ISBN: 9781611804348DetailsThe many layers of the heroic life of Yeshé Tsogyal, Tibet’s best-known dakini and female master, are revealed in this inspiring work. Translated here for the first time, this terma, or “hidden treasure,” presents an outer narrative of her birth, family, and struggles in a traditional male-dominated society; an inner account of her meetings with the great master Padmasambhava; and a secret chronicle of her retreat at Chimpu and her visionary journey to Oddiyana. This accomplished translation is enriched by the refreshing insights of six contemporary scholars and teachers of Tibetan Buddhism, making this invaluable guide to the life of Yeshé Tsogyal a treasure for practitioners, scholars, and anyone intent on the possibility of awakening.RelatedCheck items to add to the cart or-
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Author BioDrime Kunga was a fourteenth-century mystic.Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse (Khyentse Norbu) is a Tibetan Buddhist lama who travels and teaches internationally and is also an award-winning filmmaker. He is the abbot of several monasteries in Asia and the spiritual director of meditation centers in Vancouver, San Francisco, Sydney, Hong Kong, and Taipei. He is also head of a Buddhist organization called Siddhartha’s Intent.Yeshe Tsogyal is perhaps one of the most well-known female practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism. A beloved disciple and partner of Padmasambhava, Tsogyal achieved great realization and became a teacher herself.Praise"If Guru Rinpoche is the sun, then without any doubt, Yeshé Tsogyal is the sun’s rays." —Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse
"This is an inspiring sacred text from the spiritual point of view. . . It shows that, in the beginning, she confronted many challenges in her determination to cultivate bodhicitta, the burning desire to be enlightened for the sake of all living beings." —Anam Thubten Rinpoche
"In this degenerate age of aggression and fear, the Secret Biography promises us that the Mother of the Victorious Ones is always available with her enduring faith, her quiet courage, and her unfailing compassion." —Acharya Judith Simmer-Brown
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