Divine weapons of fertility & subjugation (art: lama tshetrim dorji)

The legacy of the debauched “Divine Madman”, a great Tantric Buddhist Master, is His omnipresent and notorious phallus, crazy wisdom, shocking behavior and ribald humor. The great yogi saint would taunt with jest and insult to expose human hypocrisies, dispel beliefs, and finally delude the self to realize the all-clear Buddha-nature.

The Sublime Song of Drukpa Kuenley

'In the rosary of my many lives

I have taken the form of every creature;

I remember it only darkly,

Yet I feel it was something like this:

Since now I thrive on chung,

Once I must have been bee;

Since now I am so lustful

Once I must have been a cock;

Since now I am so angry,

Once I must have been a snake;

Since now I am so slothful,

Once I must have been a pig;

Since now I am so mean,

Once I must have been a rich man;

Since now I am so shameless,

Once I must have been a madman;

Since now I am such a liar,

Once I must have been an actor;

Since now my manners are so rude,

Once I must have been a monkey;

Since now I have such blood lust,

Once I must have been a wolf;

Since now I have so tight an anal sphincter,

Once I must have been a nun;

Since now I am so punctilious,

Once I must have been a barren woman;

Since now I spend my wealth on food,

Once I must have been a Lama;

Since now I am so avaricious,

Once I must have been a steward;

Since now I am so self-esteeming,

Once I must have been an officer;

Since now I enjoy cheating others,

Once I must have been a business man;

Since now I am so loquacious,

Once I must have been a woman;

But I cannot tell you if this is really true.

Consider the matter yourselves.

What is your opinion?'

Translated by Keith Dowman