Time and the Universe

The Dalai Lama’s view of a 21st-century Buddhist means having fuller knowledge about modern education and modern science, while having full conviction about Buddha’s teachings about limitless altruism, bodhichitta and the view of dependent arising.

The Buddhist abhidharma and Kalachakra literatures provide two distinct presentations of cosmology, each for a different purpose.

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

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.

The daily positions of the planets are calculated according to complex arithmetic formulas. The Tibetan mathematical model of the motion of the planets differs greatly from the Indian and Chinese ones.

Learn about the distinct features of the Tibetan almanac such as the “arising from the vowels” system, special dates and combination and action periods.

A Q&A with Dr. Berzin and his students about the relationship between Buddhism and science, with specific examples of points that they share in common.

How the topic of karma is to be understood in relation to the issue of free will versus determinism.

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.

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.