What is known of the life and spiritual attainments of Atsara Salé come from the biographies of Yeshe Tsogyal. In 795ce, Yeshe Tsogyal traveled to
Nepal to meet Atsara Sale, her prophesied consort to offer support on the path of spiritual maturation. As Padmasambhava exhorted Yeshe Tsogyal, After raising enough money to buy his contract from his owners, Yeshe Tsogyal and Atsara Sale then returned together to Tibet. Along the way, they went to some of the caves famous for being places where Padmasambhava practiced meditation with his consorts, including the meditation caves of Asura and Yanglesho and there met and practiced with
Belmo Sakya Dema, Padmasambhava's Nepali consort. At one point, during one of his retreats with Yeshe Tsogyal, at Tidro, Atsara Salé is said to have left her alone in their isolated retreat cave once he realized that the religious practice she was embarking upon were far more advanced than he was capable of undertaking and also that the very cold winter was more than he could tolerate. Some versions of the story say that he did indeed leave their join retreat to serve as one of Padmasambhava's attendants, yet he had thought there were ample provisions for Yeshe Tsogyal to continue on alone. Yeshe Tsogyal practices with a diligence that takes her to the brink of starvation, and spiritual awakening, and then Padmasambhava goes to her to bring her out of retreat. She is unharmed and regains full health. Atsara Salé and Yeshe Tsogyal reconcile. After this, they traveled together with others to Senge Dzong, in
Bhutan to continue with their meditation practices. From the biographies of other well known practitioners of the time, such as Langlab Jangchub Dorje, a student of Atsara Salé, it is clear that Atsara Salé was also a practitioner of
Vajrakilaya. Yeshe Tsogyal was a renowned Vajrakilaya practitioner the author of one of Yeshe Tsogyal's biographies. ==Incarnations==