Setting the Motivation and Conferring the Inner Empowerment Preliminaries The disciples rinse their mouths, prostrate three times, and offer a mandala. Setting the Motivation The Guru-deity explains the proper motivation: Some people seeking to practice tantra enter the...

Theoretical Basis for Empowerment In general, there are three phases of empowerment that occur along the path to enlightenment. The first – causal empowerment that brings maturation – is conferred with such procedures as the Kalachakra initiation. It purifies the grossest...

To differentiate the common tantric vows from the Kalachakra root tantric vows, we follow here the explanation given in “An Explanation of Secret Mantra Ethical Discipline: A Cluster of Fruit of Actual Attainments” by Tsongkhapa.

That which will be purified as discussed before is the external and internal bases. The bases to be purified are death and rebirth. In order to have a good rebirth, one needs to build up large amounts of good karma, and so there are the practices for building up a network of...

Kalachakra Sadhana: The Preliminary Sections In the sadhana at the beginning, you focus on voidness. Within the context of voidness, what can happen or exist becomes very great. Next comes the instantaneous arising, within the context of voidness, of yourself as a simple...

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. ​​

Advice on How to Practice The way to practice is to try to have our day start out with a very strong intention: “Whatever I’m going to do today, may this go towards achieving enlightenment and being able to benefit everyone.” In this way, we start our day by rededicating our...

Continuing Commentary on the Text Rejoicing After rededicating our heart with aspiring and pledged bodhichitta, then rejoice and feel happy. The verse states: Now my life’s become fruitful, for having wonderfully attained a human existence, today I’ve awakened my Buddha-nature...

Motivation You have invited me here today and I am very pleased to be with you. I have been requested to give teachings on the six-session guru yoga practice of the all-around perfect cycles of time, or Shri Kalachakra. The motivation that we should have for listening to these...

The Levels of Motivation It is essential to build up the various habits as a person of initial, intermediate and advanced levels of motivation. For the initial level there are the various meditations and practices focused on precious human rebirth with all its opportunities...