Tales of a Mad Yogi: The Life and Wild Wisdom of Drukpa Kunley by Elizabeth Monson, is supposed to be the story of an antinomian Tibetan Buddhist monk born in 1455. The problem is, he was not that wild. Perhaps it is my vantage point. Would I be shocked if I knew more about Buddhist theology and monkish practices. He is supposed to have drunk to excess and had forbidden sex with women. He does, but it's not crazy sex. It just seems like serial monogamy. Nor does he drink too much. Most of this collection involves explicating dharma in long speeches! Kunley is no Diogenes
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