Kalachakra

The outline of the three main stages of the Kalachakra initiation: preparation ceremony, entering the mandala, and seven empowerments of entering as a child.

The Tibetan calendar and almanac play a large role in Tibetan life. One of their most important usages is setting the dates for various Buddhist offering ceremonies, tsog.

Mara personifies everything that interferes with and puts to an end our spiritual practice.

This is a special Kalachakra version of the six-session practice written by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama that includes various expanded vows to include the further aspects of Kalachakra commitments. ​​

People know of the Muslim concept of jihad or holy war or the Crusades of Christianity, but do not usually view Buddhism as having anything similar. A careful examination of the Buddhist texts, however, particularly “The Kalachakra Tantra” literature, reveals both external and...

Several postwar writers on the Occult have asserted that Buddhism and the legend of Shambhala played a role in the German-Tibetan official contact during the Nazi era.

Hindu and Buddhist sources as well several Western Occult traditions present varied accounts and interpretations about Shambhala.

A Kalachakra initiation is a Buddhist ceremony in preparation for tantric meditation and for bringing harmony to the world.

Many people, especially idealistic newcomers to Buddhism, would like to believe that Buddhism has been immune to the phenomenon of conversion.

A prayer to the reborn in Shambhala at the dawn of the golden age and to make the best progress there on the path to enlightenment.