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DRUKPA KUNLEY : SACRED TALES OF A MAD MONK
By Needrup Zangpo
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About the book
Drukpa Kunley (), one of the most well-known saints of Bhutan, redefined the course of spiritual and religious pursuits through his unconventional paths to enlightenment. Believed by many to be a &#;divine madman&#;, he called himself an &#;aimless wandering yogi&#;, but there was an educative method to his madness and a transcendent wisdom to his aura. He was fiercely non-conformist, critiquing religious hypocrisy and describing it as a canker eating away at Buddha dharma. Despite not being from Bhutan, he left an indelible mark on Bhutanese culture, as evidenced by the popularity of the phallic symbol in the country.
In this book, Needrup Zangpo retells thirty-three tales about Drukpa Kunley from biographical and oral sources, some of them for the first time.
With beautifully rendered illustrations accompanying each story, Drukpa Kunley: Sacred Tales of a Mad Monk is a perfect introduction to an iconic figure of Bhutanese culture.
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Available in: Paperback
Language: English
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Drukpa Kunley
Buddhist master (–)
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Drukpa Kunley (&#;), also known as Kunga Legpai Zangpo, Drukpa Kunleg (Tibetan: འབྲུག་པ་ཀུན་ལེགས་, Wylie: brug pa kun legs), and Kunga Legpa, the Madman of the Dragon Lineage (Tibetan: འབྲུག་སྨྱོན་ཀུན་དགའ་ལེགས་པ་, Wylie: 'brug smyon kun dga' legs pa), was a Tibetan Buddhist monk, missionary, and poet in the Drukpa Kagyu lineage of the Mahamudra tradition. He was trained at Ralung Monastery under siddhaPema Lingpa. However, by the age of 25, he had returned his monastic vows to take a wife, whose name was Tsewang Dzom (tshe dbang 'dzom). He is often counted among the Nyönpa ("mad ones"). He is considered to have been a reincarnation of Saraha.
Biography
[edit]Drukpa Kunley was born into the branch of the noble Gya (Tibetan: རྒྱ, Wylie: rgya) clan of Ralung Monastery in the Tsang region of western Tibet, which was descended from Lhabum (lha 'bum), the second eldest brother of Tsangpa Gyare. His father was Rinchen Zangpo and mother was Gomokee. He was nephew to the 2nd Gyalwang Drukpa and father of Ngawang Tenzin and Zhingkyong Drukdra.
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Bhutan&#;s unorthodox angel and picture obsession free giant phalli
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