The Treasury of Lives

Yeshe Yang (ye shes dbyangs) was a disciple of Padmasambhava, counted among the twenty-five disciples (rje 'bangs nyer lnga). He is credited with transcribing many of Padmasambhava’s treasures, and concealing many of them himself, thus earning his name Ba (sba; conceal) Yeshe Yang. He is said to have received the knowledge of the secret script directly from the ḍākinīs, having traveled to their realm in a state of meditation.

He was also known as Ba Selnang (sba gsal snang) and was said to have been a minister of King Tri Songdetsen, who sent him to India to invite Śāntarakṣita to Tibet. He is counted as one of the first Tibetans to ordain, a group known as the "seven men who were tested" (sad mi'i bdun).

He is credited with composing the famous Testiment of Ba (sba bzhed), one of the earliest histories of Tibet.

Accordring to legend he lived for a number of years at forested mountainsides with Sokpo Lhapel (sog po lha dpal), when, it is said, one day he flew into the sky and disappeared.