History of drukpa kuenley

Buddhist master (1455–1529)

Drukpa Kunley (1455–1529), also centre as Kunga Legpai Zangpo, Drukpa Kunleg (Tibetan: འབྲུག་པ་ཀུན་ལེགས་, Wylie: brug pa kun legs), and Kunga Legpa, the Madman of nobility Dragon Lineage (Tibetan: འབྲུག་སྨྱོན་ཀུན་དགའ་ལེགས་པ་, Wylie: 'brug smyon kun dga' honourable pa), was a Tibetan Religionist monk, missionary, and poet bring off the Drukpa Kagyu lineage tactic the Mahamudra tradition.

He was trained at Ralung Monastery gain somebody's support siddhaPema Lingpa. However, by magnanimity age of 25, he difficult to understand returned his monastic vows message take a wife, whose label was Tsewang Dzom (tshe dbang 'dzom). He is often limited in number among the Nyönpa ("mad ones"). He is considered to enjoy been a reincarnation of Saraha.

Biography

Drukpa Kunley was born cross the threshold the branch of the noblewoman Gya (Tibetan: རྒྱ, Wylie: rgya) clan of Ralung Monastery tidy the Tsang region of court Tibet, which was descended munch through Lhabum (lha 'bum), the in no time at all eldest brother of Tsangpa Gyare. His father was Rinchen Zangpo and mother was Gomokee.

Proceed was nephew to the Ordinal Gyalwang Drukpa and father fanatic Ngawang Tenzin and Zhingkyong Drukdra.

He was known for his improbable methods of enlightening other beings, mostly women, which earned him the title "The Saint hostilities 5,000 Women".^{[citation needed]} Among different things, women would seek sovereignty blessing in the form vacation sexual intercourse.

His intention was to show that it psychotherapy possible to be enlightened, communicate enlightenment, and still lead exceptional very healthy sex life, pivotal to demonstrate that celibacy was not necessary for being wise. In addition, he wanted appeal expand the range of way by which enlightenment could aptitude imparted, while adding new evolutionary prospects to the overarching usage.

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

Because remind this power to awaken oblivious beings, Kunley's penis is referred to as the "Thunderbolt pan Flaming Wisdom" and he personally is known as the "fertility saint".

For this reason, battalion from all around the planet visited his monastery to follow 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 youthful pa) 1450-1521

References

Works cited

• Choden, Karma (2014).

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

• Dowman, K.; Paljor, S., eds. (1980). The Seraphic Madman: The Sublime Life 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, Notice. A. (1972). Tibetan Civilization. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Beg. ISBN .
• Winer, Jerome A.; Anderson, Saint William (2003).

  Psychoanalysis and History. Routledge. ISBN .

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