Sokpo Pelgyi Yeshe: A Guide for Readers

Sokpo Pelgyi Yeshe, also known as Sokpo Lhapal, was a direct disciple of both Guru Rinpoche and Nyak Jnanakumara and then later became the teacher of Nupchen Sangye Yeshe.

In Masters of Meditation and Miracles, Tulku Thondup Rinpoche relates how Sokpo Pelgyi Yeshe was a blacksmith who became adept at the practice of Vajrakilaya. As a result, "with a gesture he could catch dangerous wild beasts; and on threeoccasions with his miraculous power he pacified the enemies of his teacher, Nyak.

In Yeshe Tsogyal's biography, Lady of the Lotus-Born, there was a contest among Guru Rinpoche's disciples to show signs of accomplishment. "With the mudra of the hook, the mantra of summoning and the power of his concentration, Sogpo Lhapel caused a pregnant tigress to appear from the south.

Jamgon Kongtrul talks about him in several places. In the second volume of Treasury of Knowledge, his role in transmitting the teachings of Nyak Jnanakumara is discussed.

In Sacred Ground, Jamgon Kongtrul while describing an area at Tsadra Rinchen Drak where he founded his famous retreat hermitage, the cliff had an impression of Sokpo Pelgyi Yeshe's head.

Furthermore, in The Ruby Rosary Kyabje Thinley Norbu Rinpoche offers a commentary on a short prayer written by his father H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche illuminating the lives of great yogis, scholars, and masters of the Buddhist lineage in addition to describing the early spread of Buddhism in Tibet beginning with the direct disciples of Guru Rinpoche such as Sokpo Pelgyi Yeshe.

TBRC Reference: http://tbrc.org/#!rid=P2JM8

Treasury of Lives Site: http://treasuryoflives.org/biographies/view/Sokpo-Pelgyi-Yeshe/5281