Drukpa kuenley film of bhutan map
It all began in the 15th Century when Drukpa Kunley, a Lama from Tibet, imported Buddhism to Bhutan in a rather unorthodox manner.!
Drukpa Kunley
Buddhist master (1455–1529)
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| Born | 1455 |
| Died | 1529 (aged 73–74) |
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| Religion | Tibetan Buddhism |
Drukpa Kunley (1455–1529), 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.
There's also a fertility temple, Chimi Lhakhang, which was once blessed by the “Divine Madman” Drukpa Kunley, a legendary sex-positive poet and lama who brought.
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
Drukpa Kunley was born into the branch of the noble Gya (Tibetan: རྒྱ, Wylie: rgya) c