Kalachakra

The Role Played by the Winds of Karma If the Mental Holograms of the Four Occasions Are Made of Subtle Particles The second hypothesis concerning the role that the winds of karma play regarding the mental holograms of the four occasions is that the subtle particles of the...

[Clarification of His Holiness' answers by Dr. Berzin are included within square brackets.] Kalachakra in the Four Tibetan Traditions Dr. Berzin: As Kalachakra is found in all four Tibetan traditions and, in the West, Kalu Rinpoche has given the Kalachakra initiation several...

The following outline is intended as an overview of the three days of the Kalachakra initiation. Those attending the ritual may find it helpful as a guide to the stages of the ceremony. Since most people find the diacritical marks on letters of Sanskrit seed-syllables of...

[Clarification of His Holiness' answers by Dr. Berzin are included within square brackets.] The Vow Not to Lose Seminal Energy-Drops Dr. Berzin: Many Westerners are married, what about the Kalachakra close bond of not losing (mi-nyams) seminal energy-drops (khu-ba)? What lay...

The Role Played by the Winds of Karma Simply As the Mounts of the Mental Consciousness That Occurs during Each of the Four Occasions The Stains Infecting the Creative-Energy Drops Let’s say the winds of karma are simply the mounts of the mental consciousness that occurs...

The Fourth-Occasion Drop  We have covered now the first three creative energy-drops, the drops of the occasions when we are awake, when we are dreaming, and we are asleep with no dreams, which are also known as the body, speech and mind drops. Now we have left the fourth...

Review  Today we are continuing our discussion of Kalachakra, and particularly we’re looking at the Kalachakra explanation of the causes of our suffering in the context of the presentation of the four noble truths. That means that we’re looking at how Kalachakra explains...

(1) Closer Analogies The Kalachakra Tantra has many unique features not shared in common with the other anuttarayoga Buddha-figure systems. The upward and downward analogies of general anuttarayoga still pertain to its practice, except that Kalachakra does not entail practice...

Review  We’ve seen that to be able to practice tantra properly, we need proper preparation. That preparation entails the common preparation of the main aspects of the sutra path and also the uncommon preparation (or preliminaries) which are known as the ngondro, doing a...

The Relevance of the Topic What I am hoping you will understand and appreciate through this explanation is the relevance of this topic. We’re not talking about something really esoteric and not related to anything. Because as I pointed out yesterday and I must underline again,...