Nyönpa

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The term Nyönpa (Wylie: smyon pa "mad one(s)"; Sanskrit Avadhuta) may refer to a group of Tibetan Buddhist yogis or a single individual belonging to this group. They were mainly known for their unusual style of teaching, to which they owed their names.

Famous Nyönpa

• Drukpa Kunley
• Thang Tong Gyalpo
• Tsangnyön Heruka
• U Nyön Kunga Zangpo

Further reading

• Ardussi, J. & Epstein, L. (1978) "The Saintly Madman in Tibet" in: James F. Fisher (ed.) Himalayan Anthropology: The Indo-Tibetan Interface (Paris) 327-38.
• DiValerio, David M. (2015) "The Holy Madmen of Tibet." Oxford University Press.
• Larsson, S. (2007) Crazy Yogins During the Early Renaissance Period.
• Larsson, S. (2012) Crazy for Wisdom : The Making of a Mad Yogin in Fifteenth-century Tibet (Leiden).

See also

• Crazy wisdom