Yeshe

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Yeshe (Tibetan : ཡེ་ཤེས་, Wylie : ye-shes, ZYPY : Yêxê) is a Tibetan term meaning wisdom and is analogous to jnana in Sanskrit.^[1] 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,^[2]Yeshay,^[3] or Yeshi.^[4]

Religious figures

Yeshe De (Jnanasutra, fl. 5th–6th centuries), 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

Sanggyai Yexe (1917–2008), Chinese Communist Party official
Yeshey Zimba (born 1952), Bhutanese politician, former Prime Minister
Yeshey Penjor (born c. 1964), Bhutanese politician
Yeshey Dem (fl. 2018), Bhutanese politician

Sportspeople

Yeshey Gyeltshen (born 1983), Bhutanese footballer
Yeshey Dorji (born 1989), Bhutanese footballer

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

↑ The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa. Vol. 6. Shambhala Publications. 2010. p. 426. ISBN 9780834821552.
↑ Talbott, Harold, ed. (2014). The Practice of Dzogchen. Shambhala Publications. p. 68. ISBN 9780834800137.
↑ Friquegnon, Marie-Louise (2001). On Shantarakshita. Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. p. 36. ISBN 9780534583590.
↑ 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. p. 70. ISBN 9780834829558.

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[1] The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa. Vol. 6. Shambhala Publications. 2010. p. 426. ISBN 9780834821552.

[2] Talbott, Harold, ed. (2014). The Practice of Dzogchen. Shambhala Publications. p. 68. ISBN 9780834800137.

[3] Friquegnon, Marie-Louise (2001). On Shantarakshita. Wadsworth/Thomson Learning. p. 36. ISBN 9780534583590.

[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. p. 70. ISBN 9780834829558.

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