Kalachakra

His Holiness the Dalai Lama recommended these four texts for Westerners who do not have time to practice the fuller Kalachakra sadhanas.

The Kalachakra depiction of the non-Indic prophets and its prophecies of a future war with their followers must be understood in its historical and cultural context.

External Kalachakra presents the external cycles the universe goes through and includes the teachings on world systems, astronomy, astrology, the motion of the planets, the calendar and history.

For those who have the opportunity to receive the Kalachakra Initiation, it is important to take advantage of the opportunity to gain as much as possible from the experience by having knowledge of the Kalachakra practice and the background of the empowerment.

An abridged Kalachakra sadhana having in the center of the mandala only the Kalachakra central couple surrounded by the eight consort goddesses.

The “Kalachakra Six-Session Yoga” adds to the basic six-session practice recitation of many aspects of the path to enlightenment to meditate upon for building up positive force.

An examination of the steps of the empowerment so that, regardless of whether we observe or take part, we can follow the procedure and gain something from it.

An explanation of the samsaric mechanism of death and rebirth and the liberating mechanism of the sutra, anuttarayoga tantra and Kalachakra methods for attaining a true stopping of them with the attainment of enlightenment.

His Holiness the Dalai Lama answers questions from Dr. Berzin about various aspects of Kalachakra – such as its relationship with Western audiences and Western science, the different Tibetan Kalachakra traditions – and also gives advice on keeping vows.

A detailed analysis of the mental holograms our minds give rise to in each moment of cognition to determine what they are made of so as to better construct a strategy for eliminating the appearance-making of them as seemingly having truly established, self-established...