As Long As Space Endures: Essays on the Kalacakra Tantra in Honor of the Dalai Lama

✍ Scribed by Arnold, Edward

Publisher: Shambhala;Snow Lion Publications
Year: 2009
Tongue: English
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The Kalachakra Tantra--Kalachakra means wheel of time--is a tradition of Buddhist theory and practice whose root text treats a fantastic expanse of knowledge ranging from observations of the cosmos to investigations of meditative states and vital bodily energies. In the Tibetan-speaking world, a public Kalachakra initiation remains the most sought-after eveny in the life of a devout Buddhist. The Fourteenth Dalai Lama has long had a strong connection with the Kalachakra Tantra and brought the initiation to the West in 1981, performing it in the U.S., Switzerland, Spain, and Australia. This.

✦ Subjects

RELIGION--Buddhism--General;Vajrayāna;Tantric Buddhism--China--Tibet Autonomous Region;Religion;Yoga--Tantric Buddhism;Tantric Buddhism;Kālacakra (Tantric rite);;Criticism, interpretation, etc;Tripiṭaka. -- Sūtrapiṭaka. -- Tantra. -- Kālacakratantra -- Criticism, interpretation, etc;Tripiṭaka. -- Sūtrapiṭaka. -- Tantra. -- Kālacakratantra;Kālacakra-Tantra;Kālacakra (Tantric rite);Tantric Buddhism -- China -- Tibet Autonomous Region;Yoga -- Tantric Buddhism;RELIGION -- Buddhism -- Gener

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