Monday 15 December 2014

时轮金刚坛城 Kalachakra Mandala


 

 33cm x33cm

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 30cm x 30cm

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Hand art thangka from India, Bhutan, Nepal, if interested please feel free to contact me 013-3507687, 013-3693131 email: minaki3131@qq.com


时轮金刚是释迦牟尼佛所传的密中之密,一切金刚密乘之王。佛陀曾授记:时轮金刚将为生于末法时期的众生所弘扬。 时轮金刚坛城所在之处,能调解地、水、火、风四大失和,免遭各种灾难、洪水、火灾、战争、恶疾、传染病、不治之疾病,克服各种自然灾害的侵害。

时轮即是时间之轮。指时间的轮流循转,它是本尊之名,又是时轮理法的名称。这里是指宇宙和生命在时间中的生灭规律和与其相应的修持方法和最终目的。
轮回为痛苦之根,而含识有情最大的妄念,即是攀缘过去、现在、未来、而流转于六道,故诸佛示说无数解脱法门,以度有情出离轮回。情器世间是随著十二
年轮,一期接一期的不断增益或毁损,由因缘和合生出轮回流转中的快乐与痛苦。若依时轮法修持如风水不当或四大不调等,便可转不争为清净,令毁灭的得以复
生,化痛苦、斗争为和谐与快乐。时轮金刚佛父佛母交抱双运立于花及日、月、星轮,足踩在大自在天及天母身上,表摧伏贪嗔诸障。
时轮分内、外、别三种。内时轮是指人体内的气、脉、明点随着时间的生灭规律;外时轮是指器情世界随着时间生灭的循环规律;别时轮是指一切有情无始以来,本所具有的常恒坚固不变的如来初佛。
伟大的佛陀讲八万四千法,合为大小二乘。以利众慈悲为特征的大乘佛教,又分般若显乘与金刚密乘。金刚密乘又分事部、行部、瑜伽部、与无上瑜伽部。无
上瑜伽部是佛密中最进化的部分。其中有许多理论和修持方法,在其余三部中从未透露过。无上瑜伽部在修持圆满次第时分父续与母续,时轮金刚是母续系统的一种
大法。也称为无上瑜伽部之无二部。在修持、理论等各方面都有与众不同的超越之处,其为佛陀所传的密中之密。
修时轮可获得平息兵灾及一切劫难,促进和平静;风调雨顺,五谷丰登,六畜兴旺;涅槃不轮回,往生本尊净土香巴拉国等多种功德。


Kalachakra (in Tibetan Du kyi khorlo) is a Sanskrit word that can be translated literally as "wheel of time." Kala, or "time," is not linear time but the flow of all events, past, present, and future. This is similar to our concept of space, which does not imply a particular direction or limitation. The Kalachakra deity represents omniscience, for he is one with all time and therefore knows all. Chakra, meaning "wheel," refers not only to the cycle of time but also to the way in which the enlightened experience of great bliss radiates like the sun from the self to all sentient beings. The wheel, with no beginning and no end, is also the universal symbol of Buddhism, representing the teachings of the Buddha. ...

The Kalachakra Sand Mandala is a visual representation of the entire Kalachakra Tantra. It is also a two-dimensional representation of the five-story palace of the Kalachakra deity, in which a total of 722 deities reside, with Kalachakra and his consort Vishvamata united in an embrace of perpetual bliss at the very center.

A Teaching for Our Time

On of the important features of the Kalachakra Tantra is that it is given for a community. The Buddha offered it for an entire country, the mythical kingdom of Shambala, so historically the initiation has been given to large groups. The Dalai Lama has remarked that in earlier times communities were separated by valleys, rivers, mountains or oceans, whereas today, with instant communication and transportation, our community includes the entire planet. This is another reason why he feels Kalachakra is a teaching for our time.

The Kalachakra Tantra

Kalachakra (in Tibetan Du kyi khorlo) is a Sanskrit word that can be translated literally as "wheel of time." Kala, or "time," is not linear time but the flow of all events, past, present, and future. This is similar to our concept of space, which does not imply a particular direction or limitation. The Kalachakra deity represents omniscience, for he is one with all time and therefore knows all. Chakra, meaning "wheel," refers not only to the cycle of time but also to the way in which the enlightened experience of great bliss radiates like the sun from the self to all sentient beings. The wheel, with no beginning and no end, is also the universal symbol of Buddhism, representing the teachings of the Buddha. ...

The Kalachakra Sand Mandala is a visual representation of the entire Kalachakra Tantra. It is also a two-dimensional representation of the five-story palace of the Kalachakra deity, in which a total of 722 deities reside, with Kalachakra and his consort Vishvamata united in an embrace of perpetual bliss at the very center.

A Teaching for Our Time

On of the important features of the Kalachakra Tantra is that it is given for a community. The Buddha offered it for an entire country, the mythical kingdom of Shambala, so historically the initiation has been given to large groups. The Dalai Lama has remarked that in earlier times communities were separated by valleys, rivers, mountains or oceans, whereas today, with instant communication and transportation, our community includes the entire planet. This is another reason why he feels Kalachakra is a teaching for our time.

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