Yeshe Tsogyal

Yeshe Tsogyal, looked upon as an emanation of the deity Vajravarahi (Dorje Pamo), lived in the 8th and 9th century of our era. When she was born, the small lake near her parents' house became much larger. This event looked very auspicious and the child was given the name of Tsogyal, "Queen of the Lake." 

Her beauty so overwhelmed her suitors that they made preparation for armed conflict to obtain her hand. To avoid a useless blood-bath, King Trisong Detsen decided to take her as one of his spouses. Later, to show devotion to the one mainly reponsible for the introduction of tantric buddhism to Tibet, the King offered Yeshe . Tsogyal to Padmasambhava. She became his main mystic companion and withoutdoubt, his chief disciple. Under his direction, she spent many years of practice in caves in Kham, Bhutan, and Nepal, facing 

strenuous hardship until she attained the highest realization. 

Endowed with an extraordinary memory, Yeshe Tsogyal remembered all the words of her teacher. For the benefit of future generations, she wrote these words down and hid them in the form of treasures . (Tibetan, terma) meant to be rediscovered later by predestined beings. 

After Padmasambhava left Tibet, it is said that she remained 200 years in the Land of Snow to continue guiding the disciples. At the end of her life, without leaving behind any remains, she joined her teacher in 

his pure land, the Copper Colored Mountain. 

Among the women disciples of Padmasambhava, it is mentioned that 25 of them obtained rainbow  bodies, that is, they left no remains, their bodies disappeared into rainbows. 

From* Tara The Feminine Divine

Bokar Rinpoche