Activities Connecting You with Yeshe Tsogyal
Activities for Continuity
Translation & Publication:
Translations by Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo play a vital role in fulfilling Jnanasukha's mission for Yeshe Tsogyal and the Dudjom New Treasures. Some are available publicly at the Tsogyal Center website. Restricted texts are available at Utpala Portal.
In 2024, Lama Dechen Yeshe launched Lama Tharchin Writes, a website dedicated to Rinpoche’s writings. This work is ongoing. Visit the website.
In 2017, the Foundation commissioned the translation into English of Yeshe Tsogyal’s secret biography, written by Tsogyal herself and revealed by Drime Kunga. The translator was Chonyi Drolma Holland. It was published by Shambhala in 2018 under the title chosen by Lama dechen Wangmo, The Life & Visions of Yeshe Tsogyal: Autobiography of the Great Wisdom Queen. The book features a foreword by Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse and comments from other Nyingma teachers. A German edition followed in 2019. Buy on Shambhala.
In 2016, Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo produced video teachings on Dudjom Rinpoche’s Origins of Buddhism in Tibet & Divisions of Vehicles. This featured her translation and oral teachings by Lama Tsering Gyaltsen, translated by Heidi Nevin. Watch the series on Vimeo.
Dakini Heart Essence Foundational Practices, as taught orally by Tsedrup Tharchin Rinpoche and translated by Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo, was published in 2009. Out of print.
Between 2008 and 2009, the Foundation was responsible for the complete translation of The Profound Path of the Dakini (Khandro Thukthik/Dakini Heart Essence), Collected Works of Dudjom, Volume Ma (16), 555 pages. The translators were Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo and Heidi Nevin, in consultation with Lama Pema Dorje and Lama Tsering Gyaltsen. Partially available to practitioners on request. Contact Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo.
Digital Archiving the Wisdom Repositories of the Nyingma:
From 2023 to 2025, the Foundation funded the creation of the Nyingma Resource Interface for the Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC), an innovative online gateway designed to help Tibetans and Westerners explore thousands of Nyingma texts. Detailed metadata enhancements were created by five khenpos in India. The Nyingma Resource Interface is now operating through BDRC’s search function and is being distributed on hard drives to institutions in India, Nepal, and Tibet, where the BDRC website is not available. Explore BDRC Library.
In 2023, the Foundation awarded BDRC a grant for data storage.
The Foundation continues to offer grants to the Lama Tharchin Rinpoche Heritage Foundation for collecting, cataloging, preserving, and sharing Lama Tsedrup Tharchin Rinpoche’s legacy of teachings, practice traditions, rituals, writings, and sacred art—ensuring they will remain accessible in the future. Visit the Website.
Multimedia Biography:
In the Minds of All Beings: Yeshe Tsogyal of Tibet (2011) is an inspirational film that journeys to the birthplace of Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal, weaving legend and history to recount her timeless story and the enduring blessings that continue to this present day. The narration leads viewers on a pilgrimage through the sacred landscape of her birthplace and introduces the small community of nuns who re-established the site after the Cultural Revolution. Produced by Jnanasukhna Foundation: director, cinematographer, editor, Sarah Abbott; writer and voice-over, Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo; sound design by Timothy Muirhead of Azimuth Audio. Watch on Vimeo 20 minutes.
I Am Yeshe Tsogyal is a website project that opens with her own voice: “I am Yeshe Tsogyal, an emanation of Melodious Sarasvati, here to introduce myself and connect with you in your modern world.” Begun in 2019, the site continues to evolve as an invitation to encounter her wisdom in the present. Visit the Website.
The Life & Works of Tare Lhamo presents the story of Tare Lhamo (1938–2003), a Tibetan Buddhist master, visionary, and treasure revealer, renowned for her life-saving miracles during the Cultural Revolution and for extending the lifespans of many great masters. Visit the Website.
With the Treasury of Lives (TOL), a biographical encyclopedia of Tibet, the Foundation has sponsored several academic biographies of important Nyingma masters, including Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshe Dorje, Duddul Dorje, Dudjom Lingpa, Zilnon Namke Dorje, Khandro Sherab Tarchen, Anam Chatrelwa Choying Puntsok, Terchen Jigme Dorje Pawo, and Akye Terchen Orgyen Khacho Lingpa. This ongoing collaboration, initiated in 2023, enhances the broader accessibility of the Dudjom lineage. Search biographies on the TOL website.
Sacred Art:
From 2017-2019, at Yeshe Tsogyal’s birthplace in Tibet, we initiated and funded the first-ever narrative murals depicting Yeshe Tsogyal’s famous lifestory of liberation, as well as murals of the main Longchen Nyingthik. Mapping Out the Murals; Mural Painter at Work; https://vimeo.com/287507510; https://vimeo.com/360192263. Download the Yeshe Tsogyal Saraswati mural figure.
In 2015, we commissioned a Yeshe Tsogyal Silk Applique Thangka to be created by the master thangka artist Leslie Nyugen Temple. Completed in 2016. https://vimeo.com/147468744/e09a26b1f5?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci; https://vimeo.com/373218761/cfd4b721b6?share=copy
In 2008, we initiated and funded the creation of The Dakini Heart Essence (Khandro Thuktik) Refuge Thangka, painted by master thangka artist Kumar Lama. Download Refuge Thangka Hi-Res TIFF.
For Nyingma Dharma in Tibet:
Since 2010, we have offered annual support for the birthplace of Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal in Tibet. This has included the restoration of her exact birthplace stupa, the construction and interior refurbishment of a new and larger temple, the renovation of the nunnery residences, and medical assistance through education and alternative therapies. This is our most significant contribution to the Nyingma lineage in Central Tibet and will continue to have an impact well into the future. Here are some video and photo albums; we have lots more! 2012 Tsogyal Latso Photo Tour; 2011 Teaching Acupuncture; 2013 Visit to Tsogyal Latso; 2013 Offering Day; 2014 Tsogyal Latso; 2015 New Temple; 2017 Inside New Temple; 2023 Tsogyal Latso Photos; I Am Yeshe Tsogyal website.
In 2016 and 2017, we offered dana for a new life-size Guru Rinpoche statue at Zabbulung, where Yeshe Tsogyal attained enlightenment. Zabbulung 2014
In 2016 and 2019, we offered dana at Nyenlung in Eastern Tibet, the seat of Tare Lhamo and Namtrul Rinpoche.
While on pilgrimage, in person or via livestreams, we have offered dana at Longchenpa’s Gangri Tokar and Yeshe Tsogyal’s Terdrom in central Tibet; Dudjom Rinpoche’s Lamaling and Tso Dzong hermitage in southern Tibet; and at Sanglung, Dzogchen, Larung Gar, and Anam Jadralwa Hermitage in eastern Tibet.
Activities for the Here & Now
Learning & Practice:
Since 2020, Utpala Portal, hosted by Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo, has served as a private Mighty Networks community for active practitioners of the New Treasures of Dudjom, providing a space for study, connection, and ongoing practice. Request to join.
Also active since 2020, as the online presence of our Joyful Lotus Grove of Scripture & Realization, blessed by Lama Tsedrup Tharchin Rinpoche in 2020, the Tsogyal Center website serves as the hub for public and free downloads curated by Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo.
From 2015 to 2019, the Tsogyal Center operated on a Moodle platform where Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo offered structured online study in the Dudjom lineage.
Between 2002 and 2014, Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo offered many in-person programs in California, Washington, Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Florida, and New York.
Rolmo Interviews:
2012-2013: Lama Dechen Yeshe Wangmo conducted in-depth interviews with guests Sangye Khandro, Michael Burroughs, Holly Gayley, Chonyi Drolma Holland, Jampa Stewart, Rinchen Caldwell, and Orgyen Zangpo. Watch on the Jnanasukha YouTube channel.
Tibet Pilgrimages:
Since 2009, under the name Sangha Journeys, we have offered over 20 carefully curated pilgrimages across Central, Western, & Eastern Tibet, focused on the Nyingma tradition and the life of Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal. Ongoing. Visit Website.
During the COVID years, 2021-2023, in partnership with Road To Tibet in Lhasa, we offered livestream pilgrimages.
Video recordings: Lhasa Butterlamp Offering, Samye, Chimphu, Terdrom Shoto Tidro, Dudjom Lamaling, Dudjom Tso Dzong Island; Kangri Tokar and Shugseb Nunnery, Dzogchen, Larung Gar, and Sanglung.
Photo Albums: Dudjom Tso Dzong; Butterlamps in Lhasa; Sanglung Smoke Offering; Yarlung Sheldrake; Mindrolling; Kailash.
Compassion:
At Yeshe Tsogyal’s birthplace in Tibet, the Foundation sponsors an Annual Green Tara Prayer Accumulation. Contact us to participate.
The Foundation is deeply committed to protecting life. Our most significant activities include the annual yak life-release in eastern Tibet, annual support for Indraloka Animal Sanctuary, and occasional support for other animal rescues in the USA.
In past years, the Foundation has contributed to Feeding America, the Idaho Food Bank, and the Maui Disaster Relief.
As projects present themselves, the Foundation offers dana to support Dudjom lineage projects led by other organizations.
From 2015 to 2021, the Foundation’s Scholarship Program awarded 35 scholarships for individual study and practice. The Program has now concluded.