Drukpa Kunleg (Wylie: 'brug pa kun legs) 1455-1529 aka The Madman of Bhutan, Kunga Legpa (Wtlie: 'brug smyon kun dga' legs pa). ... no changes . ... Events April 22 - Treaty of Saragossa divides the eastern hemisphere between Spain and Portugal, stipulating that the dividing line should lie 297. ...

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 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 Gyalwang Kunga Paljor. Father of Ngawang Tenzin and Zhingchong Drukdra. Established Chime Lhakhang (‘chi med lha khang), near Punakha (spung thang) in 1499. Ralung Monastery, located in the Tsang region of western Tibet, is the traditional seat of the Drukpa Kagyu order of Tibetan Buddhism. ...

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

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Main Lineages

• Kagyu
  
• Drukpa Kagyu
  
• Middle Drukpa
  

The Kagyu (Tibetan: བཀའ་བརྒྱུད་; Wylie: Bka-brgyud) school, also known as the Oral Lineage and the Spotless Practice Lineage school, is one of four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism, the other three being Nyingma (Rnying-ma), Sakya (Sa-skya), and Gelug (Dge-lugs). ... The Drukpa is a major sect within the Kagyupa school of Tibetan Buddhism. ...

Alternate Names

• Drukpa Kunleg / Drukpa Kuenle
  

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