About Unyon Kunga Zangpo
Lived 1458 – 1532 (aged 73–74). Unyon Kunga Zangpo was a writer.
Ünyön Künga Zangpo (Tibetan: དབུས་སྨྱོན་ཀུན་དགའ་བཟང་པོ།; Wylie: dbus smyon kun dga' bzang po; 1458-1532) was a famous yogin of the Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism. While Künga Zangpo is a personal name that he received at the time of his monastic ordination, the moniker Ünyön ("ü-nyön"), meaning "Madman from the Ü [region]," was a title he earned through his distinctive tantric asceticism.
The term "the three madmen" (སྨྱོན་པ་གསུམ།; smyon pa gsum) is sometimes used to refer to the Madman of Ü along with his two "madman" contemporaries: the Madman of Tsang, and Drukpa Kunley, "the Madman of the Drukpa [Kagyu].".
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Who was Unyon Kunga Zangpo?
Yogin of the Kagyu sect of Tibetan Buddhism
When was Unyon Kunga Zangpo born?
Unyon Kunga Zangpo was born in 1458.
When did Unyon Kunga Zangpo die?
Unyon Kunga Zangpo died in 1532.
What was Unyon Kunga Zangpo's occupation?
Unyon Kunga Zangpo was a writer.
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