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Kālacakra (Tibetan: དུས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ།, Wylie: dus kyi 'khor lo) is a polysemic term in Vajrayana Buddhism as well as Hinduism that means "wheel of time" or "time cycles". [1] ". Kālacakra " is also the name of a series of Buddhist texts and a major practice lineage in Indian Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism. [2]
Kalachakra is a complex meditation practice from the highest class of tantra, anuttarayoga.
The Kalachakra is a wheel of time, almost a calendar in its self. Literally, Kala means time and Chakra means wheel. The second chapter is related to the inner Kalachakra and related to the nadis (energy channels) and movement of prana relative to Jyotish.
Kalachakra means Time-Wheel, as "Kāla" is Sanskrit for Time and "Chakra" (or Cakra) is Wheel in Sanskrit (In Tibetan his name is dus.'khor). It is also translated as Time-Cycles.
Kalachakra - Tibetan Buddhist Encyclopedia. Kalachakra is Sanskrit for " Wheel of Time." It is a complete, elaborately detailed, cosmology. It is founded in a tantric cosmogony -- a traditional sacred explanation of the creation and structure of All.
The multicoloured Kalachakra Mandala, made entirely from coloured sand, was painstakingly created over three weeks by monks from the Namgyal Monastery in Dharamsala, India. In a lesson about the impermanence of life, the completed mandala was destroyed and the sands were used as an offering for world peace.
The word kalachakra means cycles of time, and the Kalachakra system presents three such cycles – external, internal and alternative. The external and internal cycles deal with time as we normally know it, while the alternative cycles are practices for gaining liberation from these two.
Kalachakra (Tib. dus kyi khor lo) is a term used in Tantric Buddhism that means “time-wheel” or “time-cycles”. It refers both to a Tantric deities (tib. yidam) of Vajrayana Buddhism and to the philosophies and meditation practices contained the Kalachakra Tantra and its many commentaries.
KAAL CHAKRA Hindi Play/Drama directed by Om Katare starring Om Katare, Paromita Chatterjee, Raaj Shetty, Shashwita Sharma, Yogi Choudhary, Rishi Khurana, Damini Kanwal and Ashok Sharma written by Jayant Dalvi.
The Kalachakra, meaning ' Wheel of Time ' in Sanskrit, stands as a cornerstone within Tibetan Buddhism, embodying a comprehensive philosophy, an elaborate cosmology, and an intricate system of meditation and rituals. This teaching, pivotal to the Vajrayana tradition, provides a unique perspective on time, space, and the journey to enlightenment.
