Kalachakra is a term used in Tantric Buddhism that means "time-wheel" or "time-cycles". It refers both to a Tantric deities (tib. yidam) of Vajrayāna Buddhism and to the philosophies and meditation practices contained the Kālachakra Tantra and its many commentaries. The Kālachakra Tantra is more properly called the Kālachakra Laghutantra, and is said to be an abridged form of an original text, the Kālachakra Mūlatantra. Some Buddhist masters assert that Kālachakra is the most a ...

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The Jonang sect of Sakya was banned in the 17th cent. by the Fifth Dalai-Lama, forcibly converting it to Gelug. Fighting between the schools also extended to the Jalpo deity of Sakya that was also forcibly converted to a Gelug deity, but that included the Sakya lama-lineage into that demonic deity's lineage. These subjects now have reached a pitch within the Tibetan community, as the fight for supremacy now spills over into both the Kalachakra sphere, the sphere of the banning of Jonang and as well, the sphere of the Jalpo deity. The banning ...

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Kalachakra, Kalachakra - The Kālachakra Laghutantra, Kalachakra - Initiation, Kalachakra - History, Kalachakra - Kālachakra Practice Today in the Four Tibetan Buddhist Schools, Kalachakra - Astrology, Kalachakra - Controversy

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The phrase "as it is outside, so it is within the body" is often found in the Kalachakra tantra to emphasize the similarities between human beings and the cosmos; This concept is the basis for Kalachakra astrology, but also for even more profound connections and interdependence as taught in the Kalachakra literature. In Tibet, the Kalachakra astrological system is one of the main building blocks in the composition of Tibetan astrological calendars. The astrology in the Kalachakra is not unlike the Western system, in which complicated calculations are required to determine, for exa ...

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Kalachakra, Kalachakra - The Kālachakra Laghutantra, Kalachakra - Initiation, Kalachakra - History, Kalachakra - Kālachakra Practice Today in the Four Tibetan Buddhist Schools, Kalachakra - Astrology, Kalachakra - Controversy

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According to the Kālachakra legend, King Suchandra (Tib. Dawa Sangpo) of the northeastern Indian Kingdom of Shambhala requested teaching from the Buddha that would allow him to practice the dharma without renouncing his worldly enjoyments and responsibilities. In response to his request, the Buddha gave the first Kālachakra root tantra in Dhanyakataka (present day Amravati), a small town in Andhra Pradesh in southeastern India, supposedly emanating at the same time he was also delivering the Prajna Paramita sutras at Vulture Peak Mo ...

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Kalachakra, Kalachakra - The Kālachakra Laghutantra, Kalachakra - Initiation, Kalachakra - History, Kalachakra - Kālachakra Practice Today in the Four Tibetan Buddhist Schools, Kalachakra - Astrology, Kalachakra - Controversy

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The Kālachakra Tantra is divided into five chapters, the first two of which are considered the “ground Kālachakra.” The first chapter deals with what is called the “outer Kālachakra”—the physical world, in particular the calculation system for the Kālachakra calendar. It also explicates the basic symbolism of the Kālachakra system The second chapter deals with the “inner Kālachakra,” and concerns processes of human gestation and birth, the classification of the functions within the human body and experience, and th ...

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Kalachakra, Kalachakra - The Kālachakra Laghutantra, Kalachakra - Initiation, Kalachakra - History, Kalachakra - Kālachakra Practice Today in the Four Tibetan Buddhist Schools, Kalachakra - Astrology, Kalachakra - Controversy

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