Two short video clips from the recent celebrations in Bhutan... These dances are part ethical parable, part Tantric secret--visual stories that teach basic Buddhist principles yet also have deeper esoteric content to promote the spiritual release of everyone watching....
Buddhism
Takin, Tsa-Tsa’s, and Trashichhoe
Drukpa Kunley was Bhutan's famous Divine Madman. He would do outrageous things, including drinking and womanizing, to help shake people out of their illusory existence. Once, villagers wanted him to perform a miracle for them and prove that he was indeed a holy man....