Time and the Universe

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.

Understanding the difference between affirmation phenomena, which are known simply by affirming the presence or existence of something, and negation phenomena, known by negating the presence or existence of something, enables us to understand nonstaticness and voidness.

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.

The first and second of the five inclusive features of a Tibetan calendar are the lunar weekday and the date of the lunar month. These are involved in the mech­anism through which the lunar and solar calendars are brought into harmony.

The 62 wrong views are based on considering the self or “soul” of a person to be self-sufficiently knowable and the universe to have truly established existence.

A comparative overview of the Buddhist point of view of time, referring to the interval that can be measured on a continuum between a cause and an effect, and the relativistic point of view in current Western science.

A discussion between Jonathan Landaw and Dr. Berzin about the relationship between collective karma and environmental or societal situations of a group that experiences them.

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

Only the omniscient awareness of a Buddha can cognize all the causal factors that affect which specific “presently-happening result” arises from a karmic tendency.

The evolution of a universe is intimately connected with the karma of the limited beings that will be reborn into it.