journalist and radio host who knows a few things about the divine madman. the phallus has been a symbol in vajra and buddhism long before drukpa kunley came around. it s just that because he was such a character, it s come to be associated with him. the divine madman was a rebel, questioned his own religion, his fellow monks. so the monks hated him, of course. right. the establishment hated him. but the people took readily to him because he was a guy who came to your house. it didn t mean that, you know, like other monks, you had to prepare a special meal for him. he probably wanted your latest batch of ara, you know, the local rice wine. and maybe he d hit on your daughter and your wife as well in the process. so you could imagine in 16th. century bhutan, a person who was known to have performed miracles would strike the fancy of anyone. what were his miracles? well, things like shooting an arrow all the way from tibet and landed in a house that s about a few kilometers