Female Deities: List of female Buddhas and Bodhisattvas

Yeshe Tsogyal

Yidam, guru and historical figure - mother of Tibetan Buddhism

This remarkable hermit-saint, the Tibetan consort of Padmasambhava, is sometimes shown in Nirmanakaya form - the 'emanation body' a Buddha takes so as to be visible to ordinary beings - as a woman in everyday Tibetan clothes, seated and holding curved knife and skullcup.

She is also shown in deified form as the Queen of Great Bliss (Tib., Dechen Gyalmo) as a red standing figure with a damaru (double-sided drum) raised in her right hand and a curved knife held to the ground with her left.


Books:

  • Sky Dancer: The Secret Life & Songs of the Lady Yeshe Tsogyel, by Keith Dowman (Snow Lion Publications, 1996, ISBN: 1559390654)
  • Dakini Teachings, by Padmasambhava (North Atlantic Books, 2004, ISBN: 9627341363)
  • The Lotus-Born: The Life Story of Padmasambhava, by Yeshe Tshogyal (North Atlantic Books, 2004, ISBN: 962734155X)
  • Mother of knowledge, The enlightenment of Yeshe Tshogyal, by Namkhai Nyingpo
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