Brief Information About Kalachakra

Kalachakra is of three types: External Kalachakra, Internal Kalachakra and Alternative Kalachakra. External Kalachakra deals with external world systems such as the movement of the Sun, Moon and other constellations. Internal Kalachakra refers to the internal structure of a human being such as the channels, energies and regenerative fluids. The Alternative Kalachakra refers to the generation and completion stages of the spiritual path of Kalachakra that purify the objects to be purified, which in this context are the external and internal Kalachakra. As a result of such purification you actualize the personal deity, the Glorious Kalachakra, with four faces and twenty-four arms and the seven-featured state of union. Kalachakra was first taught in India on the 15th of the 3rd month, in the year following Buddha Shakyamuni's enlightenment. At the same time that he was teaching the Perfection of Wisdom on Vulture's Peak near Rajgir, he taught the Kalachakra Root Tantra at Shri Dhanyakataka in South India to a host of pure followers led by Suchandra, the King of Shambala. In Tibet, this teaching was first spread by the translator, Gyi-jo Lotsawa Dawa Ö-ser 1171 years after the Buddha's passing away, which was the Fire-Rabbit Year of the Tibetan calendar, according to the Kashmiri Pandit Shakyashri's system of calculation, or 1027 CE. His Holiness the Dalai Lama has graciously and kindly agreed to confer the Kalachakra Empowerment at Shri Dhanyakataka in South India, taking into consideration the sanctity of this excellent place where Buddha taught the Kalachakra for the first time. Due to the unique qualities of both the place and the teacher, manifest in the form of his holiness the Dalai Lama, this is a very rare and privileged opportunity that is most unlikely to occur again in the future.

2006 INDIA, Amaravati in Andhara Pradesh January 5 - 16 KALACHAKRA

As requested by Japan-based Busshokai Foundation through Norbulingka Institute, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has kindly consented to bestow the Kalachakra initiation in January 2006 at Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh. The small town in southeastern India is holy for the Buddhists as it was the place where Lord Buddha gave the first Kalachakra root tantra on the request of King Dawa Sangpo (Suchandra).

The 13-day gathering will begin on 5^th January 2006 with preliminary teachings. However, the actual Kalachakra initiation will be given on 15^th and 16^th January.