About Yeshe Tsogyal

Yeshe Tsogyal
Yeshe Tsogyal (also known as "Victorious Ocean of Wisdom", "Wisdom Lake Queen", was the Mother of Tibetan Buddhism. Some sources regard her as a wife of Trisong Detsen, emperor of Tibet. Her main karmamudrā consort was Padmasambhava, a founder-figure of the Nyingma tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. She is known to have revealed terma with Padmasambhava and was also the main scribe for these terma. Later, Yeshe Tsogyal also hid many of Padmasambhava's terma on her own, under the instructions of Padmasambhava for future generations.

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Nov
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Jul
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May
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Dec
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Aug
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