Tibetan Buddhism Ritual Kalachakra Mandala Canvas Cloth Thangka Hand Painting Nepal free

Tibetan Buddhism Handmade Canvas Cloth Ritual Rainbow Kalachakra Mandala Thangka Lama Hand Painting by Lama from Nepal.

About Kalachakra

Kalachakra is a Sanskrit word that means "time wheel." In Tibetan Buddhism, Kalachakra is the name of a deity and also a system of teachings and practices leading to enlightenment.

The Kalachakra is a system of tantra yoga, which in Buddhism is to realize enlightenment through identification with tantric deities. These deities are not exactly gods and goddesses as understood in the West, but more like archetypes that representing the practitioner's own deepest nature.

As the name suggests, the Kalachakra is concerned with time (kala) and wheels or cycles (chakra). Many kinds of cycles are included, from cycles of time to cycles of planets to cycles of life. Kalachakra is associated with Tibetan astronomy and is the basis of the Tibetan calendar.