Encyclopedia - Kalachakra: Encyclopedia - Kalachakra
Kalachakra is a term used in Tantric Buddhism that means "time-wheel" or "time-cycles". It refers both to a Tantric deities (tib. yidam) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalachakra: Encyclopedia Ii - Kalachakra - The Kalachakra Laghutantra
The Kalachakra Tantra is divided into five chapters, the first two of which are considered the “ground Kalachakra.” The first chapter...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kalachakra: Wiccan Pagan Dictionary On Kalachakra
KALACHAKRA - 1. ‘cycle of time’ 2. tantic deity, mystical aspects of the teacher, depicted with twenty four arms, embrac...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhism In Austria
For more background on this topic, see Culture of Austria. Buddhism is a legally recognized religion in Austria and it is followed by ...   » Read the article

Article - Buddhist Texts
There are a great variety of Buddhist texts. Buddhists place varying value on them: attitudes range from worship of the text itself, to d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalachakra: Encyclopedia Ii - Kalachakra - Kalachakra Practice Today In The Four Tibetan Buddhist Schools
Buton had considerable influence on the later development of the Gelug and Sakya traditions of Kalachakra, and Dolpopa on the development...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalachakra: Encyclopedia Ii - Kalachakra - Kālachakra Practice Today In The Four Tibetan Buddhist Schools
The Jonang sect of Sakya was banned in the 17th cent. by the Fifth Dalai-Lama, forcibly converting it to Gelug. Fighting between the scho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wheel Of Life: Encyclopedia - Wheel Of Life
In the dharmic religions (Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism), the wheel of life (also called by a variety of other names; see the Names sect...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shambhala: Encyclopedia - Shambhala
In Tibetan Buddhist tradition, Shambhala (also spelled Shambala or Shamballa) is a mystical kingdom hidden somewhere beyond the snowpeaks...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shambhala Buddhism: Encyclopedia - Shambhala Buddhism
The term Shambhala Buddhism has come into use as an umbrella term referring to the teachings of Karma Kagyu and Nyingma lineages of Tibet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalapa: Encyclopedia - Kalapa
For the capital city of Indonesia, see Jakarta. Kalapa, according to Buddhist legend, is the capital city of the Kingdom of Shambhala, wh...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ashta Dik Palaka: Encyclopedia - Ashta Dik Palaka
In Hinduism and Vajrayana Buddhism - especially Kalachakra, the Ashta-Dikpalas are the eight gods who rule the eight directions. They are...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wheel Of Time: Encyclopedia - Wheel Of Time
The wheel of time or wheel of history is a concept in several religions and philosophies, notably dharmic religions such as Buddhism and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Suchandra: Encyclopedia - Suchandra
According to Indian and Tibetan legend, King Suchandra (Tib. Dawa Sangpo) of the northeastern Indian Kingdom of Shambhala was the one who...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amaravati Andhra Pradesh: Encyclopedia - Amaravati Andhra Pradesh
Amaravati is small town on the banks of river Krishna near Guntur City in the state of Andhra Pradesh in Southeastern India. The holy shr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Yidam: Encyclopedia - Yidam
In Vajrayana Buddhism, a Yidam (Tibetan) or Ishtadevata (Sanskrit) is a fully enlightened being who is the focus of personal meditation, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonang: Encyclopedia - Jonang
The Jonang or Jonangpa school of Tibetan Buddhism was founded in the early 14th century by Sherab Gyeltsen, a monk trained in the Sakyapa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shentong: Encyclopedia - Shentong
Shentong view, also sometimes called “Yogacara Madhyamika,” is a philosophical sub-school found in Tibetan Buddhism, holding that the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhism In Austria: Encyclopedia - Buddhism In Austria
For more background on this topic, see Culture of Austria. Buddhism is a legally recognized religion in Austria and it is followed by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agni Yoga: Encyclopedia - Agni Yoga
Agni Yoga, also called the "Teaching of Living Ethics" or (in Russian) the Zhivaya Etica, is an esoteric teaching founded by the Russian ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sakya: Encyclopedia - Sakya
Sakya is one of four major schools (Nyingma, Sakya, Kagyu and Gelug) in Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana). Sakya - Origins. The name Sakya (l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts
There are a great variety of Buddhist texts. Buddhists place varying value on them: attitudes range from worship of the text itself, to d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia - Samsara
In Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and other related religions, samsara or saṃsāra refers to the concept of reincarnation or rebirth in In...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wheel Of Life: Encyclopedia Ii - Wheel Of Life - The Six-spoked Wheel Of Life
The more elaborate form of the wheel of life has six spokes (or sometimes five, as described in more detail below) and is used in all the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shambhala: Encyclopedia Ii - Shambhala - Western Fascination With Shambhala
The Western fascination with Shambhala often has often been based upon fragmented accounts of the Kalachakra tradition, or outright fabri...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shambhala Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Shambhala Buddhism - Distinguishing Characteristics Of Shambhala Buddhism
At the heart of the teachings of Shambhala Buddhism is the belief that "there is a natural source of radiance and brilliance in the world...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shambhala: Encyclopedia Ii - Shambhala - Shambhala In The Buddhist Kalachakra Teachings
The Kingdom of Shambhala takes a central place in the Kalachakra teachings. The teachings of Kalachakra took a radical turn in the 17th c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wheel Of Life: Encyclopedia Ii - Wheel Of Life - Names Of The Wheel Of Life
The most common name is the "wheel of life", but the wheel also has a variety of other names: wheel of dharma wheel of existence wheel o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shambhala Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Shambhala Buddhism - The Shambhala Buddhist Community Today
Today the Shambhala Buddhist community is perhaps the largest community of Western practitioners of Tibetan Buddhism in the world. Presen...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wheel Of Life: Encyclopedia Ii - Wheel Of Life - The Eight-spoked Wheel In Buddhism
The simpler form of the wheel of life has eight spokes and is primarily used only in Buddhism rather than in all the dharmic religions. T...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Taranatha: Encyclopedia Ii - Taranatha - History Of The Jonangpa
In the early 14th century the monk Sherab Gyeltsen broke away from the Sakyapa school and established the Jonangpa school at Jonang, abou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shambhala Buddhism: Encyclopedia Ii - Shambhala Buddhism - History Of Shambhala Buddhism
The term "Shambhala Buddhism" as used to describe the larger tradition of the community founded by Trungpa Rinpoche came into use in arou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kings Of Shambhala: Encyclopedia Ii - Kings Of Shambhala - The 25 Kulika Rigden Kings
The most recent 25 of the 32 Kings of Shambhala are known as Kulika (or Kalki; Tib. Rigden) Kings. Kulika means "Holder of the Castes" or...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonang: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonang - History Of The Jonangpa
In the early 14th century the monk Sherab Gyeltsen broke away from the main branch of the Sakyapa school and established the Jonangpa (al...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kelsang Gyatso: Encyclopedia Ii - Kelsang Gyatso - Initiations In Tibet
According to the Sera Expulsion Letter, as a member of that house, and a part of the general monastic community around Lhasa, he attended...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalki: Encyclopedia Ii - Kalki - The Kalki Within
Drawing on symbolic and metaphoric interpretations of the Buddhist Kalachakra, Shambala, and Bodhisattva traditions at least as much as t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalki: Encyclopedia Ii - Kalki - Origins Of The Kalki Prophecy
One of the earliest mentions of Kalki is in the Vishnu Purana. Vishnu is the Preserver, the sustainer of life in the Hindu trinity, balan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shentong: Encyclopedia Ii - Shentong - History
Shentong view derives from the group of treatises variously attributed to Asanga or Maitreya, and especially from the treatise known as t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mipham Jamyang Gyatso: Encyclopedia Ii - Mipham Jamyang Gyatso - Dharma Activity And Legacy
As a scholar and meditator Mipham was so accomplished that he was enthroned as an emanation of Manjushri, the bodhisattva of wisdom. As s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalki: Encyclopedia Ii - Kalki - What Is A Maha Avatara?
Hindu traditions permit numerous interpretations of what Avatars are and to what purpose they act. Avatara means descent, and indicates a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guntur: Encyclopedia Ii - Guntur - Places To See
Uppalapadu is located to the southern part of the Guntur City (4Miles). The water tanks in the village are unique as they provide refuge ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Je Tsongkhapa: Encyclopedia Ii - Je Tsongkhapa - Early Years
Born in Amdo province of Tibet during 1357, Tsongkhapa received full lay ordination at the age of three from the 4th Karmapa Rolpey Dorje...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kelsang Gyatso: Encyclopedia Ii - Kelsang Gyatso - Journey To The West
In 1968 Kelsang Gyatso accepted an invitation to live and teach in a center (being planned in Canada) by the Christian monk, philosopher ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sakya: Encyclopedia Ii - Sakya - Subschools
In due course, two subsects emerged from the main Sakya lineage, Ngor, founded by Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo (b.1382) Tshar, founded by Tsarc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kelsang Gyatso: Encyclopedia Ii - Kelsang Gyatso - Activities
Geshe Kelsang has written nineteen books which provide Western Dharma practitioners with some essential texts of the Gelug tradition on t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eternal Return: Encyclopedia Ii - Eternal Return - Classical Antiquity
In ancient Egypt, the scarab (or dung beetle) was viewed as a sign of eternal renewal and reemergence of life, a reminder of the life to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kelsang Gyatso: Encyclopedia Ii - Kelsang Gyatso - Life In India
After the exodus of Tibet in 1959, Kelsang Gyatso stayed at the initial location of his monastery, in Buxar. Later, after Prime Minister ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kings Of Shambhala: Encyclopedia Ii - Kings Of Shambhala - The 7 Dharmarajas
1) Suchandra/Chandrabhadra (Tib. Dawa Sangpo) c. 900 to 876 BC) 2) Devendra (Tib. Lhayi Wang) (876-776 BC)- Fond of Sentient Beings 3) Te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalki: Encyclopedia Ii - Kalki - Modern Variations Of The Kalki Prophecy
Kalki - Theosophy Christianity. Some Theosophists and New Age speculators have declared the Kalki prophecies and those of the Maitreya ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agni Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Agni Yoga - Divisions
The question of divisions within Agni Yoga is a sensitive one. First, the writings themselves urge unity and cooperation within the group...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Shentong: Encyclopedia Ii - Shentong - View
Shentongpas (those who hold to the Shentong view) consider the Shentong position to be the highest expression of Madhyamaka. They claim t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Mipham Jamyang Gyatso: Encyclopedia Ii - Mipham Jamyang Gyatso - Biography
Mipham Jamyang Gyatso - Early Life. Mipham the Great was born to an aristocratic family in 1846 in Kham, a province of eastern Tibet, i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kelsang Gyatso: Encyclopedia Ii - Kelsang Gyatso - Current Activities
Geshe Kelsang Gyatso continues to give teachings in Europe and North America, and has published a series of books on Buddhist thought and...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Je Tsongkhapa: Encyclopedia Ii - Je Tsongkhapa - Tsongkhapa's Legacy
Tsongkhapa would go on to found the Geluk (Dge-lugs-pa) order, built on the foundations of the Kadampa (Bka'-gdams-pa) tradition, with an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Jonang: Encyclopedia Ii - Jonang - Additional Reasons: Monastery Financial Reform And Tibetan Geopolitics
Modern historians have identified two other reasons which likely led the Gelugpa to suppress the Jonangpa: First, the Jonangpa taught tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Samsara: Encyclopedia Ii - Samsara - Saṃsāra In Buddhism
Samsara - Saṃsāra in Nikaya Buddhism. Whereas in Hinduism some being (ātman, jiva, etc.) is regarded as being subject to Saṃsāra...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eternal Return: Encyclopedia Ii - Eternal Return - Friedrich Nietzsche
The idea of eternal recurrence is central to the writings of Friedrich Nietzsche. Nietzsche first encountered the idea in the works of He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Vajrayana Texts
Buddhist texts - Buddhist tantras. The canon of the Vajrayana schools includes a number of Nikaya-related texts from a number of the sc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agni Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Agni Yoga - Teachings
The theology described in the Agni Yoga books can be understood as a special variation on Theosophy. After Madame Blavatsky's passing, th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Non-canonical Texts
Non or semi-canonical texts have been important from very early in Buddhism. Extensive commentaries exist in Pali for the Pali Canon and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Mahayana Texts
See Mahayana Sutras for a list of sutras categorised by source, without discussion. Buddhist texts - Perfection of Wisdom Texts. Deal w...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Canonical Texts
These are, in some way or other, texts associated with Gautama, the historical Buddha. Different schools, however, are not always in agre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Agni Yoga: Encyclopedia Ii - Agni Yoga - History
The Roerichs were involved in the creation of several institutions, most of them in New York City. These included Cor Ardens ["Flaming He...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buddhist Texts: Encyclopedia Ii - Buddhist Texts - Texts Of The Nikaya Schools
There is some dispute over what to call the more conservative stratum of Buddhist schools and the texts associated with them. The most wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalachakra: Encyclopedia Ii - Kalachakra - Astrology
The phrase "as it is outside, so it is within the body" is often found in the Kalachakra tantra to emphasize the similarities between hum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalachakra: Encyclopedia Ii - Kalachakra - History
According to the Kalachakra legend, King Suchandra (Tib. Dawa Sangpo) of the northeastern Indian Kingdom of Shambhala requested teaching ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalachakra: Encyclopedia Ii - Kalachakra - Astrology
The phrase "as it is outside, so it is within the body" is often found in the Kalachakra tantra to emphasize the similarities between hum...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalachakra: Encyclopedia Ii - Kalachakra - History
According to the Kālachakra legend, King Suchandra (Tib. Dawa Sangpo) of the northeastern Indian Kingdom of Shambhala requested teaching...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kalachakra: Encyclopedia Ii - Kalachakra - The Kālachakra Laghutantra
The Kālachakra Tantra is divided into five chapters, the first two of which are considered the “ground Kālachakra.” The first chapt...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap V - K
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages V - K . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. &...   » Read the article