Kalachakra or Wheel of Time. Both the name of a deity (Tibetan: Du-kyi Khorlo or Dukhor) and the name of one of the four Highest Tantra Yoga practices. Among the most complex practices of the Buddhist Tantra, it contains a complex cosmology, including an apocalyptic theory of social reality involving a great war at the end of history, and triumph in the mythical Kingdom of Shambhala. The deity Kalachakra is a yidam of the Highest Tantra. In the hidden Land of Shambhala, it is said the inhabitants practice Tantric Buddhism based on the Kalachakra system. He fuses time and timelessness into a non-dualistic view of absolute reality. This Tantric practice is most important to the Gelukpa sect with whom it is most closely associated. He embraces his consort Visvamata who is yellow in color with four faces and eight arms. The deity has four faces: a wrathful black face in the center, a lustful red face on the right, a peaceful white face on the left., and a meditative yellow face on the back of his head. Although the yellow face is actually directly behind the central face, it is iconographically depicted to the deity´s left so as to be visible.
Although many of these appear violent, they symbolize the overcoming of violence through compassion and wisdom. The Tantras and commentaries discuss the implements in a great detail, for each implement contains great symbolic meaning; the vajra-cleaver, for example, symbolizes in part the wisdom that cuts through one´s habitually self-centered attitudes and egoism. The Kalachakra Tantra was introduced into Tibet in the tenth century, It is perhaps the most influential tantric practice in the Vajrayana Buddhism.
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