Sky Dancer The Secret Life & Songs of the Lady Yeshe Tsogyel

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Sky Dancer: The Secret Life & Songs of the Lady Yeshe Tsogyel
By: Dowman, Keith

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Author: Dowman, Keith
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 1559390654 / 9781559390651
Publication Date: 1996

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Yeshe Tsogyel, consort of Guru Padmasambhava, is one of the most famous of the enlightened women of Tibet. Few works deal with the spiritual practices and evolution of female aspirants, and for this reason Sky Dancer is virtually unique in the biographical literature of Tibet. Women are shown in an eminent position, and a path of practice is presented for initiates to emulate. Tsogyel's experiences and her detailed instructions to her disciples are inspirational for today's practitioners.
Keith Dowman lives in Kathmandu, where he has spent many years researching tantric traditions,
translating Tibetan texts and interpreting for Western audiences.

Sky Dancer, Keith Dowman, Snow Lion Publications, Paperback, 1996, 379 pages, $18.95

Keith Dowman has spent the last twenty years in India and Nepal. He has been educated in the theory and practice of Tibetan Buddhism by eminent Lamas of Several Tibetan schools, and has translated several major Tibetan texts into English. He now lives with his family in Kathmandu, where he continues to explore the Tibetan tradition and to interpret it for people in the West.

Contents: SKY DANCER - The Secret Life and Songs of the Lady Yeshe Tsogyel

Foreword by Trinley Norbu Rimpoche ix

Translator's Introduction xii

THE SECRET LIFE AND SONGS OF THE LADY YESHE TSOGYEL

Homage 3

Protection 3

Gyelwa Jangchub's Introduction 4

1 Tsogyel's Conception 6

2 Auspicious Omens and Birth 10

3 Disillusionment and Meeting the Master 15

4 Initiation and Instruction 25

5 Meditation, Austerity and Spiritual Accomplishment 65

6 Signs of Success and Proofs of Power 94

7 Establishing, Spreading and Perpetuating the Teaching 97

8 Fruition and Buddhahood 142

Notes to the Text 188

COMMENTARY

1 The Path of the Inner Tantra 217

2 Woman and the Dakini 253

3 The Nyingma Lineages 274

4. The Historical Background 305

Notes to the Commentary 345

Indexes 354

Index of Tibetan Words 354

Index of Sanskrit Words 359

Index of Texts 361

Index to Place-Names 362

Index of Men, Buddhas, Gods and Demons 369

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