Keith Dowman, Sky Dancer: The Secret Life and Songs of the Lady Yeshe Tsogyel, foreword by Trinley Norbu (Ithaca, NY: Snow Lion, 1996) (From the foreword: "In the profound sutra system, the Dakini is called the Great Mother. 'Indescribable, unimaginable Perfection of Wisdom, /Unborn, unobstructed essence of sky, /She is sustained by self-awareness alone: / I bow down before the Great Mother of the Victorious Ones, past, present and future.' Thus it is written in the Great Paramita Sutra. In the precious tantric tradition, 'desirable, blissful wisdom is the essence of all desirable qualities, unobstructedly going and coming in endless space.' This wisdom is called 'the Sky Dancer', feminine wisdom, the Dakini." Id. at ix.From the back cover: "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 of evolution of female aspirants, and for this reason Sky Dancer is virtually unique in the biographical literature of Tibet. Women are shown in an imminent position, and a path of practice is resented for initiates to emulate, Tsogyel's experiences and her detailed instructions other disciples are inspirational for today's practitioners.").
Yeshe Tsogyal, The Lotus-Born: The Life Story of Padasambhava, Composed by Yeshe Tsogyal, Revealed by Nyang Ral Nyima Oser, Forword by Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse, Clarification of the Life of Padmasambhava by Tsele Natsok Rangdrol, Translated from the Tibetan by Erik Pema Kunsang, & Edited by Marcia Binder Schmidt (Boudhanath, Hong Kong & Esby: Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2004) (From the back cover: "Padmasambhava, the Lotus-Born Indian mystic and tantric master, is second only to Buddha Shakyamuni as the most famous figure in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition. In the ninth century, he journeyed across the Himalayan Mountains to establish Buddhism for the people of Tibet. Now, more than one thousand years later, we are able to hear and be touched by the voice of a unique spiritual personality,as recorded by his chief disciple, the princess Yeshe Tsogyal, This legendary tale interweaves narration with timeless advice to all spiritual practitioners.").
