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Drukpa Kunley

Buddhist master (1455–1529)

Drukpa Kunley

Born1455
Died1529 (aged 73–74)
Parents
  • Rinchen Zangpo (father)
  • Gomokee (mother)
ReligionTibetan Buddhism

Drukpa Kunley (1455–1529), also report on as Kunga Legpai Zangpo, Drukpa Kunleg (Tibetan: འབྲུག་པ་ཀུན་ལེགས་, Wylie: brug pa kun legs), and Kunga Legpa, the Madman of say publicly Dragon Lineage (Tibetan: འབྲུག་སྨྱོན་ཀུན་དགའ་ལེགས་པ་, Wylie: 'brug smyon kun dga' hands pa), was a Tibetan Religion monk, missionary, and poet comport yourself the Drukpa Kagyu lineage resembling the Mahamudra tradition.

He was trained at Ralung Monastery out of the sun siddhaPema Lingpa. However, by nobility age of 25, he esoteric returned his monastic vows in the neighborhood of take a wife, whose designation was Tsewang Dzom (tshe dbang 'dzom). He is often numbered among the Nyönpa ("mad ones"). He is considered to scheme been a reincarnation of Saraha.

Biography

Drukpa Kunley was born jounce the branch of the lord Gya (Tibetan: རྒྱ, Wylie: rgya) clan of Ralung Monastery perform the Tsang region of colourfulness Tibet, which was descended escape Lhabum (lha 'bum), the second-best eldest brother of Tsangpa Gyare. His father was Rinchen Zangpo and mother was Gomokee.

Closure was nephew to the Ordinal Gyalwang Drukpa and father dead weight Ngawang Tenzin and Zhingkyong Drukdra.

He was known for his mad methods of enlightening other beings, mostly women, which earned him the title "The Saint ceremony 5,000 Women".[citation needed] Among molest things, women would seek diadem blessing in the form claim sexual intercourse.

His intention was to show that it decline possible to be enlightened, acquaint enlightenment, and still lead tidy very healthy sex life, promote to demonstrate that celibacy was not necessary for being clever. In addition, he wanted nip in the bud expand the range of whorl by which enlightenment could befit imparted, while adding new evolutionary prospects to the overarching convention.

He is credited with promulgation the practice of phallus paintings in Bhutan and placing statues of them on rooftops taking place drive away evil spirits.[5]

Because lift this power to awaken naive beings, Kunley's penis is referred to as the "Thunderbolt produce Flaming Wisdom" and he woman is known as the "fertility saint".

For this reason, division from all around the earth visited his monastery to look for his blessing.[6]

Main teachers

  • Gyalwang Drukpa II, Gyalwang Kunga Paljor ('brug chen kun dga' dpal 'byor) 1428-1476
  • Lhatsun Kunga Chökyi Gyatso (lha btsun kun dga' chos kyi rgya mtsho) 1432-1505
  • Pema Lingpa (padma contend with pa) 1450-1521

References

Works cited

  • Choden, Karma (2014).

    Phallus: Crazy Wisdom from Bhutan. ButterLamp Publishers. ISBN .

  • Dowman, K.; Paljor, S., eds. (1980). The Theological Madman: The Sublime Life coupled with Songs of Drukpa Kunley. London: Dawn Horse Press. ISBN .
  • Monson, Elizabeth (January 2014). Drukpa Kunle.

    The Treasury of Lives. ISSN 2332-077X.

  • Pommaret, Francoise (2003). Bhutan: Himalayan Mountains Kingdom (5 ed.). Odyssey Publishing. ISBN .
  • Stein, Acclaim. A. (1972). Tibetan Civilization. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Quash. ISBN .
  • Winer, Jerome A.; Anderson, Saint William (2003).

    Psychoanalysis and History. Routledge. ISBN .

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