Yeshe Tsogyal

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Tibetan name
Tibetan script :
ཡེ་ ཤེས་ མཚོ་ རྒྱལ
Wylie transliteration :
ye shes mtsho rgyal
Pronunciation in IPA :
[ jeɕe tsʰocɛ ]
Official transcription of the PRCh :
Yêxê Cogyai
THDL transcription :
Yeshé Tsogyel
Other spellings:
Yeshe Tsogyal,
Yeshe Tsogyel
Chinese name
Traditional :
益 西 措 杰
Simplified :
益 西 措 杰
Pinyin :
Yìxī Cuòjié

Yeshe Tsogyal ( Sanskrit : Jnanasagara ) from Kharchen is one of the great "enlightened masters" of Tibetan Buddhism .

Princess of Kharchen

According to tradition, Yeshe Tsogyal was born to Pelgyi Wongchuk, ruler of the Tibetan principality of Kharchen, and his wife Getso. Both of Yeshe Tsogyal's parents had wondrous dream visions at the time of conception. According to the Tibetan calendar, Yeshe Tsogyal was born at sunrise on the 10th day of the monkey month in the year of the bird (probably in the year 757 AD). According to the life story of Yeshe Tsogyal, her birth was accompanied by weather phenomena and miraculous signs. The lake in front of the house grew considerably at that time, after which the child was given the name Yeshe Tsogyal (Queen of the Lake of Wisdom). It is considered by the Tibetans to be the emanation of enlightened women. She grew up to be a woman of almost unearthly beauty and when she was sixteen years old, she was married to the Tibetan King Trisong Detsen .

Consort of Guru Rinpoche

King Trisong Detsen invited the abbot Shantaraksita and the tantric master Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche) to Tibet in the eighth century to spread Buddhism in Tibet . From this period of the transmission of Buddhist teachings from India to Tibet, the school of "ancient translations" ( Nyingma ) emerged. At that time, both the king and Yeshe Tsogyal, among others, became disciples of Guru Rinpoche. Yeshe Tsogyal also became his tantric companion and main student. She received the transmission of the Buddhist teachings of Sutra and Tantra in their entirety. She practiced all the teachings, particularly the higher tantric techniques of Vajrayana, and achieved full realization with these practices. She became famous as an enlightened Master in Tibet because of her realization and the power to work miracles.

Preservation and spread of Buddhism in Tibet

Tradition has it that Yeshe Tsogyal attained the same realization as her teacher and that through her practice she was endowed with an eternal memory. Therefore, she remembered all the teachings that Guru Rinpoche gave her and especially preserved the Tantric teachings for future generations by hiding them in secret places at Guru Rinpoche's behest. Teachings hidden in this way are called termas . Yeshe Tsogyal was crucial to the preservation of Buddhist teachings during the time of the persecution of Buddhism under King Langdarma (reign 836-842). She spread the Buddhist teachings in large parts of Tibet. Tradition has it that she left the world at an incredibly old age, as through her realization she gained power over her life span. Many of the practices that Yeshe Tsogyal preserved for future generations are still preserved today and are taught in the various schools of Tibetan Buddhism, particularly the Nyingma School.

Reincarnation / emanation / whereabouts

Machig Lapdrön , one of the most famous and popular among the Tibetan mystics, is considered an incarnation of Yeshe Tsogyal and an incarnation of Prajnaparamita .

Tsültrim Allione writes about it: “In the Life of Yeshe Tsogyel , Padma Sambhava predicted that Yeshe Tsogyel would be reborn as Machig Lapdron; her consort, Atsara Sale would become Topabhadra , Machig's husband; her assistant and Padma Sambhava's secondary consort, Tashi Khyidren, would be reborn as Machig's only daughter, and so on. All of the important figures in Tsogyel's life were to be reborn in the life of Machig Lapdron, including Padma Sambhava himself, who would become Phadampa Sangye ”. Jomo Memo , one of the most famous female Tertöns , was considered an emanation of Yeshe Tsogyel.

In her book, Tibet's Wise Women , Allione writes in the chapter on Machig Lapdron : "The next morning Arya Tara appeared and gave her the hundred empowerments to purify ignorance with the essence of the heart." She said to Lapdrön: Yogini, you and an emanation of the Buddha Shakyamuni named Topabhadra, who came to Tibet, will combine Prajna and Upaya (basic knowledge and skillful means). Footnote 65 explains: “This indicates the marriage between a yogini and a yogi. The basic knowledge (Prajna) represents the feminine and the skillful means (Upaya) the masculine. "

Yeshe Tsogyal is said to be staying with others in the Pure Land of Padmasambhava on the Copper Colored Mountain.

literature

German

  • Guru Padmasambhava: The Secret Doctrine of Tibet . Kösel Verlag, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-466-20439-9
  • Tsultrim Allione: Tibet's Wise Women, Testimonies of Female Awakening , Theseus Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3-89620-162-X
  • Tulku Thondup: The Hidden Treasures of Tibet - An Explanation of the Terma Tradition of the Nyingma School of Buddhism . Theseus Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-85936-067-1 , revised new edition: edition khrodng im Wandel Verlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-942380-08-9
  • Yeshe Tsogyal: The Lotus Born in the Land of Snow - How Padmasambhava brought Buddhism to Tibet . Fischer Spirit, Frankfurt 1996, ISBN 3-596-12975-3
  • The secret DAKINI TEACHINGS. Padmasambhava's oral instructions to Princess Tsogyal , revised, new edition: edition khrodng im Wandel Verlag, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-942380-03-4

English

  • Keith Dowman: Sky Dancer - The Secret Life and Songs of the Lady Yeshe Tsogyel . Snow Lion Publications, NY 1996, ISBN 1-55939-065-4
  • Yeshe Tsogyal: The Life and Liberation of Padmasambhava . Dharma Publishing, Berkeley CA 1978, ISBN 0-913546-20-8
  • Tarthang Tulku (Ed.): Mother of Knowledge - The Enlightenment of Ye-shes Tsho-rgyal . Dharma Publishing, Berkeley CA 1983, ISBN 978-0-913546-90-1
  • Gyalwa Changchub, N. Nyingpo, Namkhai Nyingpo: Lady of the Lotus-Born: The Life and Enlightenment of Yeshe Tsogyal . Shambhala Publications, 2002, ISBN 978-1-57062-544-2

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brief info ( Memento from August 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento from October 11, 2008 in the web archive archive.today )
  3. ↑ The life story of Machig Lapdrön (1055–1145), pp. 175 ff and p. 211 in Tibet's wise women by Tsültrim Allione
  4. ↑ brief information about Atsara Sahle (English)
  5. ↑ dto. ( Memento from December 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (Italian)
  6. ↑ Women of Wisdom, Extract: MACHIG LAPDRON ( Memento from July 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  7. ^ German text on the same issue
  8. ↑ Padampa Sang-gyé The Sang-yab by Machig Labdrön
  9. ↑ The life story of the Jomo Memo (1248–1283), p. 293 ff. In Tibet's wise women by Tsültrim Allione
  10. ↑ Tsultrim Allione: Tibet's Wise Women , p. 197: "Yogini, you and an emanation of Buddha Shakyamuni named Topabhadra, who came to Tibet, will combine Prajna and Upaya (basic knowledge and skillful means)."
  11. ↑ Table of contents and text excerpts (English)
  12. ↑ The book's table of contents ( Memento from September 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive )

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personal data
SURNAME Yeshe Tsogyal
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Master of Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana)
DATE OF BIRTH 8th century
DATE OF DEATH 8th century or 9th century