Yeshe Tsogyal Series

• Yeshe Tsogyal’s Liberational Life in Brief by Do Dasel Wangmo | Biography

Poetic verses summarizing the liberational life story (rnam thar) and attainments of Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal.

• Le'u Dünma—Chapter 3: The Prayer Requested by Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal by Tulku Zangpo Drakpa | Le'u Dünma

The third chapter from The Prayer in Seven Chapters (le'u bdun ma), given to Lady Yeshe Tsogyal, is to be recited before first light, the time of increase or enrichment.

• The Delightful Play of Sarasvatī: In Praise of Yeshe Tsogyal, Foremost of Ḍākinīs, Queen of Space by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö | Praise

In poetic language, this fifteen-verse tribute recounts the legend of Yeshe Tsogyal's life of liberation, extolling her accomplishments and qualities.

• A Prayer to Khandro Yeshé Tsogyal by Fifteenth Karmapa | Prayers

A short prayer invoking Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal in order to dispel obstacles and fulfil wishes.

• A Prayer to Lady Yeshe Tsogyal, the Mother by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö | Prayers

Composed in 1946, this supplication to Yeshe Tsogyal identifies her as the universal mother and queen of ḍākinīs and calls upon her assistance to transform one's subtle channels, wind-energies and essences and attain the state of deathlessness.

• A Prayer to Yumka Tsogyal by Apang Tertön | Prayers

A supplication to the ḍākinī, who is the Great Mother on the dharmakāya level, Vajravārāhī on the sambhogakāya, and Yeshe Tsogyal on the nirmāṇakāya.

• Prayer to Yeshe Tsogyal by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö | Prayers

A short, four-line prayer to Yeshe Tsogyal, "the foremost of ḍākinīs" and "Great Bliss Queen".

• Prayer to Yeshe Tsogyal by Dudjom Rinpoche | Prayers

A four-line prayer to Yeshe Tsogyal.

• The Tambura’s Yearning Song of Devotion: A Prayer Summarizing Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal’s Life and Liberation by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye | Biography

Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye composed this beautiful prayer summarizing Samten Lingpa’s famous terma biography of Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal in 1893 at the request of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and the yoginī Doshul Khandro.

• Yeshe Tsogyal's Prayer revealed by Pema Lingpa | Aspiration Prayers

This famous prayer of aspiration, which was a terma revelation of Pema Lingpa (1450–1521), is said to record the words of Yeshe Tsogyal to Guru Padmasambhava as he was about to leave Tibet for the land of the rākṣasa demons.

• Ḍāki Mengak Gabtik: The Secret Drop, the Heart-Instruction of the Ḍākinīs by Tertön Sogyal | Sādhanas

A short ḍākinī sādhana focusing on Yeshe Tsogyal with Red Vajravārāhī at her heart. In these two, the text says, all ḍākinīs are essentialized.

• The Concentrated Essence: A Sādhana of Yeshe Tsogyal by Dudjom Rinpoche | Sādhanas

A very simple practice focusing on the ḍākinī Yeshe Tsogyal, composed for some of Rinpoche's American students.