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[[Drukpa Kunleg]] ([['brug pa kun legs]]) [1455-1529] ''aka'' '''The Madman of Bhutan, Kunga Legpa''' ([['brug smyon kun dga' legs pa]]). 
According to the [[Abhidharma]] cosmology, the [[four continents]] surrounding [[Mount Sumeru]] are:
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[[Drukpa Kunleg]] is renowned as the Divine Madman of Bhutan.


Drukpa Kunleg was born into the branch of the noble Gya (rgya) clan of [[Ralung Monastery|Ralung]] which descended from Lhabum (lha 'bum) the second eldest brother of [[Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje]]. His father was [[nang so rin chen bzang po]]. He was the nephew of [[Drukchen II, Gyalwang Kunga Paljor|Gyalwang Kunga Paljor]]. Father of Ngawang Tenzin and Zhingchong Drukdra. Established [[Chime Lhakhang]] ([[‘chi med lha khang]]), near Punakha (spung thang) in 1499.
* Superior Body.


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* Jambu Continent.


===Literary Works===
* Cow Utilizing.
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===Main Teachers===
* [[Drukchen 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 gling pa]]) [1445-1521]


===Main Students===
* Unpleasant Sound. [[EPK]]
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The inner representations were of body, such as Mahabodhi; representations of speech, such as chiefly the Indian copies of the sutras and tantras; representations of mind, such as the four kinds of stupas, and so forth. [[JOKYAB]]
===Main Lineages===
*[[Kagyu]]<br>
*[[Drukpa Kagyu]]<br>
*[[Middle Drukpa]]<br>
 
===Alternate Names===
 
* Drukpa Kunleg / Drukpa Kuenle<br>
 
===Other Reference Sources===
* Yonten Dargey, History of the Drukpa Kagyud School in Bhutan, Thimphu, 2001. ISBN 99936-616-0-0. pp 91-110.
* Keith Dowman, The Divine Madman
 
===Internal Links===
*[[Kagyu]]
 
===External Links===
 
 
[[Category:Buddhist Masters]]
[[Category:Kagyu Masters]]
[[Category:Drukpa Kagyu Masters]]

Revision as of 01:37, 9 September 2007

According to the Abhidharma cosmology, the four continents surrounding Mount Sumeru are:

  • Superior Body.
  • Jambu Continent.
  • Cow Utilizing.
  • Unpleasant Sound. EPK

The inner representations were of body, such as Mahabodhi; representations of speech, such as chiefly the Indian copies of the sutras and tantras; representations of mind, such as the four kinds of stupas, and so forth. JOKYAB