Kalchakra Mandala, a circle which is a device for the Tantric meditation. It is a visual aid for concentration and introvertive meditation leading to the attainment of insights and to activation of forces culminating in "Siddhi" supernatural forces. The Kalachakra Tantra is classified as a Mother Tantra of Anuttaryoga Tantra. The Tantra is presented in five chapters and it discusses the three Kalachakras; External Kalachakra, internal Kalachakra and alternative Kalachakra. External Kalachakra: It is an external cosmos, the universe and the beings within. It discusses the inter-dependence of the universe and its dependence on the internal cosmos. The environmental awareness which is slowly being understood was infact a part of this ancient wisdom. The internal Kalachakra: The internal cosmos deals with the understanding and central of nerve centres, life force and energy. Through the proper training and use of these techniques the total personal environment is purified, and the innate Buddha Natural is awakened. The alternative Kalachakra deals with the ultimate nature of the cosmos. This deals with the ultimate truth while the other two are on the level of truth. The alternative Kalachakra also gives us the practical and methods to realize the ultimate truth, which cannot be understood with the mind but only with the wisdom. This wisdom is experienced when the mind ceases. Since this wisdom could not be generated with the intellectual understanding alone, the method of initiation is employed to enter the field of the transcendental wisdom. It is a teaching with the combined forces of teaching, prayer, blessing, devotion, mantra, yoga and meditation. It is also a permission to practice the Tantra with the combined forces of teaching, prayer, blessing, devotion, mantra, yoga and meditation. Even, in case, one is not in a position of actually practicing the Tantra, a strong Karmic connection is made with the teaching when one receives the initiation. So that the blessing will ripen whenever a right environment can be created. The thangka of the Kalachakra Mandala signifies the above mentioned facts. The fingers stretched but within the Mandala is the symbol of three cosmic universe through which the human beings is passed after being delivered from the suffering of psychic pain.
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