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KALACAKRA

Kalacakra is the deity of Highest Yoga Tantra class. Its initiation is given only to selected disciples who are qualified and have a foundation experience of renunciation, Bodhicitta and correct view of Emptiness. In Nepalese tradition too, the initiation of Kalacakra is performed very often by learned Vajracharya priests. Receiving empowerment of this deity is a rare event these days.

It is said that one year after Shakyamuni Buddha attained Enlightenment, he was requested by King Candrabhadra of Shambhala to teach the Kalacakra Tantra. The Buddha then manifested himself in the form of Kalacakra meditational deity in South India and gave the full teachings and initiation of his tantra.

Kalacakra teaching was then transmitted through a lineage of seven kings and 1225 propagators. The Kalacakra initiation sessions have been performed several times by His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama at the present time also. Those who have received this initiation may use this meditational deity for Yidam practice.

Kalacakra teaching was then transmitted through a lineage of seven kings and 1225 propagators. The Kalacakra initiation sessions have been performed several times by His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama at the present time alsoKalacakra teaching was then transmitted through a lineage of seven kings and 1225 propagators. The Kalacakra initiation sessions have been performed several times by His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama at the present time also has four faces, twenty four arms and two legs. His front face is blue with bare fangs, right face is red, left white and rear yellow each with three eyes. His blue face expresses wrathfulness. The deity is adorned with many jewel Kalacakra has four faces, twenty four arms and two legs. His front face is blue with bare fangs, right face is red, left white and rear yellow each with three eyes. His blue face expresses wrathfulness. The deity is adorned with many jewel ornaments, such as the earrings, the necklace, the crown, the bangles and anklets and so on. He is dressed in a tiger skin.

Among his 24 arms, 12 arms are on either side. The first four arms black, the middle red, and the last four arms are white. The first of the black arms embraces the consort and holds a vajra in the hand, the second a sword, the third a trident, and the fourth a cleaver. The first of the right red hands holds an arrow, the second a long handled vajra hook, the third a damaru, and the fourth a hammer. Again, the first of the right white hands holds a wheel, the second a sword, the third a stick, the fourth an axe. The first of the left black hands holds a bell, the second a shield, the third a khatvang, the fourth the kapala i.e. skull cup. The first of the left right hands holds a bow, the second a lasso, the third a precious jewel, and the fourth a white lotus. e first of the left white hands holds a white conch, the second a mirror, the third an iron chain, and the fourth the head of the deity Brahma, held by the hair.

The Kalacakra has only two legs. The right one is red and left one is white symbolizing the right energy channels containing blood and left energy channels containing white Bodhicitta, The consort of Kalacakra is called Visvamati. She is yellow in colour and has four faces each with three eyes. The other three faces are white, black and red. She has eight arms, four each on the either side. The first right hand embraces Kalacakra, the second a vajra hook, the third a damaru, and the fourth a rosary. The first of her left hands embraces Kalacakra and holds a kapala filled with blood, the second hand holds a lasso, the third a lotus, the fourth a precious jewel. The consort wears a crown and is adorned with five types of ornaments. She is in union with the deity Kalacakra.

 
 
 
 
 
 
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