“The first Kālacakra initiation that was given to large diverse public audiences outside of Tibet was conducted not by the 14th Dalai Lama, but by the 9th Panchen Lama at the turn of the twentieth century. Nine such Kālacakra initiations were given by the Ninth Panchen Lama from 1928 to 1936.” --Daigengna Duoer (2018) “The purpose of… Continue reading KĀLACAKRA AND THE DALAI LAMAS/GELUGPA. The 20th Century/Chinese communist roots of mass Kālacakra empowerments; the 9th Panchen Lama and Chinese support for the first public empowerments , the 14th Dalai Lama’s takeover of Kālacakra in Tibet and exile, inappropriate timing of the empowerments and the Gelugpa’s mass suppression of other lineages and texts