Drukpa Kunley

 Drukpa Kunley (1455–1529), also known as Kunga Legpai ZangpoDrukpa Kunleg (Tibetanའབྲུག་པ་ཀུན་ལེགས་Wyliebrug pa kun legs), and Kunga Legpa, the Madman of the Dragon Lineage (Tibetanའབྲུག་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.[1] He is often counted among the Nyönpa ("mad ones"). After undergoing training in Ralung Monastery under siddha Pema Lingpa, he introduced an aspect of Vajrayana Buddhism to Bhutan and established the monastery of Chimi Lhakhang there in 1499.



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