Drukpa Kunley - The Divine Madman

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In the small country of Bhutan close to the town of Punakha, Drukpa Kunley, the Divine Madman founded a monastery dedicated to fertility. Each year hundreds of people come from all over Bhutan to pray for children. In the temple they are blessed by a monk holding a symbolic phallus.

When I travelled to Bhutan I visited this temple and was "blessed" by the divine penis - I told them I'm beyond childbearing age, they said that's ok it's for all kinds of fertility such as creativity. It was a huge wooden phallus about 14" long and 4" in diameter - that should do the trick alright!

So who was this "Divine Madman?"

Buddhist Book on Drukpa Kunley

Drukpa Kunley is greatly loved by the people of Tibet as a "Crazy-Wise" teacher whose outrageous behavior and ribald humor were intended to awaken common people and yogis alike from the sleep of religious dogmatism and ego-possession.

The Divine Madman - The Sublime Life and Songs of Drukpa Kunley

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The "secret biography" of one of Tibet's foremost holy men. Appearing in the spiritual lineage established by Tilopa, Naropa, Marpa, and Milarepa, Drukpa Kunley is greatly loved by the people of Tibet as a "Crazy-Wise" teacher whose outrageous behavior and ribald humor were intended to awaken common people and yogis alike from the sleep of religious dogmatism and ego-possession. The Divine Madman is a compilation of anecdotes and songs passed on to this day in the taverns and temples of Tibet and Bhutan.

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Drukpa Kunley's Sutra of Sex

From The Divine Madman pp.108-10

'In Sanskrit: Nga'i mje sha-ra-ra!
In Tibetan: Bu-mo'i stu-la shu-ru-ru!
This is the discourse on mundane pleasure.

'The virgin finds pleasure in her rising desire,
The young tiger finds pleasure in his consummation,
The old man finds pleasure in his fertile memory:
That is the teaching on the Three Pleasures.
The bed is the workshop of sex,
And should be wide and comfortable;
The knee is the messenger of sex,
And should be sent up in advance;
The arm is the handle of sex,
And it should clasp her tightly;
The vagina is a glutton for sex,
And should be sated again and again:
That is the teaching upon Necessity.
It is taboo to make love to a married woman,
It is taboo to make love to a girl under ten,
It is taboo to make love to a menstruating woman
Or a woman under a vow of celibacy:
That is the teaching on the Three Taboos.
Hunger is the mark of an empty stomach,
A large penis is the mark of an idiot,
Passionate lust is the mark of a woman:
That is the teaching on the Three Marks.
The impotent man has little imagination,
Bastards have little virtue,
The rich have little generosity:
That is the teaching on the Three Deficiencies.
A Lama's joy is a gift,
A politician's joy is flattery,
A woman's joy is her lover:
That is the teaching on the Three Joys.
Sinners hate the pious and devout,
The rich hate loose spendthrifts,
Wives hate their husbands' mistresses:
That is the teaching on the Three Hates.
For blessing worship the Lama,
For power worship the Deity,
For efficiency worship the Reality Protectors:
This is the teaching on the Three Objects of Worship.
Pay no respect to mean Lamas,
Pay no respect to immoral monks,
Pay no respect to dogs, crows or women:
That is the teaching on the Three Rejects.
The Discipline's purpose is to calm and pacify,
The Vow to serve others is to free from self-will,
The Tantra's purpose is to teach unity of polarity:
That is the teaching on the Three Vehicles.
The starving beggar has no happiness,
The irreligious have no divinity,
The wanderer has no bonds or commitment:
That is the teaching on the Three Lacks.
He who is without honesty has a dry mouth,
He who is without spirituality makes no offering,
He who is without courage does not make a general:
That is the teaching on the Three Zeros.
The sign of a rich man is a tight fist,
The sign of an old man is a tight mind,
The sign of a nun is a tight vagina:
That is the teaching on the Three Constrictions.
The fast talker inserts himself into the centre of a crowd,
Monastic wealth inserts itself into the monks' stomachs,
Thick penises insert themselves into young girls:
That is the teaching on the Three Insertions.
The mind of a Bodhisattva is smooth,
The talk of self-seekers is smoother,
But the thighs of a virgin are smoother than silk:
That is the teaching on the Three Smooth Things.
Immoral monks have thin skirts,
Widows and spinsters have thin stomachs and clothes,
Fields without manure bear thin crops:
That is the teaching on the Three Thin Things.
Kunley never tires of girls,
Monks never tire of wealth,
Girls never tire of sex:
That is the teaching on the Three Indefatigables.
Although mind is clear, one needs a Lama;
Although a lamp burns brightly, it still needs oil;
Although Mind is self-evident, it needs recognition:
That is the teaching on the Three Needs.'

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    • JaguarJulie Oct 16, 2011 @ 12:00 pm | delete
      You know my dear ... that is one compelling name i.e. Divine Madman! Is there a Divine Madwoman?

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