Kālacakra

Kālacakra

Here are the links to posts, research and translations on Kālacakra.

Texts and Translations

Research posts

General

Locating Shambhala in Bay of Bengal area, Tilopa as Kālacakra King, and the “bitter sectarian” Gelugpa ‘attack’ on Tāranātha’s guide to Shambhala by the 3rd Panchen Lama

REVEALING AND VISITING GURU PADMASAMBHAVA’S OḌḌIYĀNĀ IN JAVA: The actual location of the renowned Oḍḍiyāna “land of dakinis”, Ogyenpa, Fa-Xian and other evidential sources, the Guru Padmasambhava birthplace at Lake Rawa Pening, and new Padmasambhava Oḍḍiyāna Lake statue project launched (Indonesia Pilgrimage V)

‘The Authentic Roots and Fruits of the Kālacakra Tantra and its author Indian Mahasiddha, Nāropa: Interview with scholar-translator, Niraj Kumar (Dakini Conversations, Ep.7)

‘The ‘vajra descent’ and ‘authentic completion stage’: the 8th Karmapa and Tāranātha on the meaning of ‘vajra’ and ‘non-conceptual primordial awareness’

Ultimate ‘ecstatic union’ the meaning and role of ‘erotic bliss’ in tantra and Kālacakra

Visiting Vikramashila-Bihar, Nepal: the forgotten and neglected Kālacakra pilgrimage site of Kālacakra lineage holder and Indian master, Vibhūticandra

Vanaratna, the Six Yogas of Kālacakra and the Śāntapurī Vihāra, Swayambhūnath

A memoriam and tribute to Kālacakra scholar, translator and calendar expert: Edward Henning (1949-2016)

Kālacakra as the ‘ultimate pinnacle’ of all the tantras: Jetsun Tāranātha and 8th Karmapa, Mikyo Dorje

Letter of thanks from the Office of 14th Dalai Lama regarding translation of his Shentong and Jonang teachings

Jonang

“Love is the water of compassion” Tāranātha on the four immeasurables in A Hundred Blazing Lights

Colour and scale images of the Kālacakra Worldly Cosmos according to Jetsun Tāranātha and Bamda Gelek Gyatso

The meaning of ‘innate’ (lhan skyes) in generation stage Kālacakra

The Seventeen Lineages of the Kālacakra Six Vajra-Yogas

Machig Jobum: Female mahasiddha and lineage holder of Dro Kālacakra

A Hundred Blazing Lights: Tāranātha on the meaning of ‘profound’ and ‘exceptional devotion’; in the ‘profound path of vajra-yogas‘

New Translation: Supplication to the Kālacakra Lineage by Jetsun Tāranātha

ASPIRATION FOR THE SWIFT RETURN OF JONANG LINEAGE HEAD BY 17th KARMAPA: Memorial Tribute to the Supreme Head of the Jonang Lineage, Jigme Dorje Rinpoche and “Swift Re-Birth Aspiration for the Definitive Teachings Holder” by 17th Karmapa

Karma Kagyu

The Karmapas and Kālacakra

The ‘nature’ and ‘meaning’ of mantra, tantra and the ten-syllables in Kālacakra by Jamgon Kongtrul

Jamgon Kongtrul Lodro Thaye (1813-1899) and Kālacakra, PLUS new english language translation of Kongtrul’s ‘Innate Kālacakra’ text

Kālacakra and the 3rd Jamgon Kongtrul: record of an empowerment and teaching

HE 12th Gyaltsab Rinpoche: ‘Liberating All by Knowing One’ and Kalacakra

Murder plots, omens, black magic and Kālacakra: Tantric hero Jamgon Kongtrul’s dangerous first trip to Jonang monastery

Part I: The Dagpo Kagyu lineage holders of Dro/Jonang Kālacakra

Part II: Kagyu masters of the Jamgon Kongtrul lineage of Dro/Jonang Kālacakra

The Karma Kagyu and Kālacakra: ‘forgotten lineages and texts’: Tsami and Rechungpa

Karma Kagyu Kālacakra Masters and the Bokar Rinpoche Kālacakra Stupa

Remembering Tenga Rinpoche, a Kagyu Kālacakra master

Sakya

Sakya and Kālacakra: the Galo, Śākyaśrī and Vajrayogini lineages and contemporary master, Chogye Rinpoche

Nyingma

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Tāranātha and Nyingma lineage texts on Kālacakra

Gelugpa

Kālacakra and the Dalai Lamas/Gelugpa

“Leaping from the Precipice with the Unexamined”: Vajrayāna empowerments for the “unexamined masses” and the question of their accordance with the Buddhist Tantras and samayas

Videos