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[[Image:Drukpa kunley.jpg|frame|Drukpa Kunley from a painting by Dugu Choegyal Rinpoche)]

Kunga Legpai Zangpo (1455 - 1529), was also known by other names such as Drukpa Kunley, Drukpa Kunleg (Tibetan: འབྲུག་པ་ཀན་ལེགས་, Wylie: 'brug pa kun legs), and "The Divine Madman of the Dragon Lineage" Kunga Legpa (Tibetan: འབྲུག་སྨྱོན་ཀུན་དགའ་ལེགས་པ་, Wylie: 'brug smyon kun dgas pa).

He was a great master of Mahamudra in the Buddhist tradition, as well as a famous poet.

Biography

Drukpa Kunley was born into the branch of the nobleGya (Tibetan: རྒྱ, Wylie: rgya) clan of Ralung in the Tsang region of western Tibet, which was 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.

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Father of Ngawang Tenzin and Zhingkyong Drukdra.

Established Chimi Lhakhang (khyii med lha khang), near Punakha (spung thang) in 1499.

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