Yeshe

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Yeshe () is a Tibetan term meaning wisdom and is analogous to jnana in Sanskrit. The word appears for example in the title of the Lamrim Yeshe Nyingpo, a Vajrayana Buddhist sacred scripture that records oral teachings of Padmasambhava in the 9th century, and in the name of Yeshe Walmo, a deity of the Tibetan religion of Bon. It is used as a unisex given name by Tibetans and Bhutanese people, also spelled Yeshey, Yeshay, or Yeshi.

People with this name include:

Religious figures

  • Yeshe De (Jnanasutra, ), a Tibetan Vajrayana Dzogchenpa who was a disciple of Sri Singha
  • Yeshe Tsogyal (757–817), a semi-mythical female deity or figure of enlightenment (dakini) in Tibetan Buddhism
  • Nubchen Sangye Yeshe (9th century), one of the twenty-five principal students of Guru Padmasambhava
  • Yeshe-Ö (c. 959–1040), the first notable lama-king in Tibet
  • Yeshe Rinchen (1248–1294), Imperial Preceptor (Dishi) of the Yuan dynasty
  • Lobsang Yeshe, 5th Panchen Lama (1663–1737)
  • Yeshe Dorje (1676–1702), the eleventh Gyalwa Karmapa, head of the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism
  • Lobsang Palden Yeshe, 6th Panchen Lama (1738–1780), of Tashilhunpo Monastery in Tibet
  • Thubten Yeshe (1935–1984), Tibetan lama who, while exiled in Nepal, co-founded Kopan Monastery
  • Yeshe Losal Rinpoche (born 1943), lama in the Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism, abbott of the Samye Ling Monastery, Scotland

Politicians

Sportspeople

Other

  • Yeshi Dhonden (1927–2019), practitioner of Tibetan traditional medicine
  • Yeshe Dorjee Thongchi (born 1952), Indian writer from Arunachal Pradesh
  • Yeshe Choesang (born 1974), India-based journalist, author, Human Rights advocate, social worker

References

References

  1. (2010). "The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa". Shambhala Publications.
  2. (2014). "The Practice of Dzogchen". Shambhala Publications.
  3. Friquegnon, Marie-Louise. (2001). "On Shantarakshita". Wadsworth/Thomson Learning.
  4. Perdue, Daniel E.. (2014). "The Course in Buddhist Reasoning and Debate: An Asian Approach to Analytical Thinking Drawn from Indian and Tibetan Sources". Shambhala Publications.

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