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t’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s a penis. Wherever I turn in Punakha valley, I see phallic symbols painted on doors, windows, walls and shopfronts—some with eyes and wings, some smiling.
This is in honour of Lama Drukpa Kunley, a 15th century Tibetan mystic who went around spreading not only knowledge among men, but also joy among women, with the help of his “flaming thunderbolt of wisdom”. He used bawdy humour, droll poetry and free love to pass on his teachings to locals, trying to shock them out of their orthodox thinking. Locals adored him despite, or because of, it. He professed, “Wine and women are my meditation”, and he was known as the Divine Madman.
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