STARTER BOOKS ON KALACHAKRA
Taking the Kalachakra
Initiation by Alexander Berzin (Snow
Lion 1997)![](images/flags/italy.gif)
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The Mandala, Sacred
Circle in Tibetan Buddhism ![](images/flags/italy.gif)
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by Martin Brauen (German version by Dumont 1992), later also printed
in English (Serindia, London), Dutch (Asoka) and several (?) other
languages.
The Way to Shambala
by Eric Bernbaum is just back into print! (Shambhala, 2002)
The Realm of Shambhala by Shar Khentrul Jamphel Lodrö (Shambhala, 2021)
Kalachakra
by Namgyal Monastery (Tibet Domani, 1999) Available from Snowlion
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The Wheel of Time,
the Kalachakra in context. Geshe Lhundub Sopa et al. (Snow
Lion, 1985)
The Wheel of
Time Sand Mandala by Barry Bryant - back in print - (Snow
Lion, 1995)
Kalachakra, A visual celebration of the Wheel of
Time by Allen King (Snow
Lion 1999)
Kalachakra Initiation, Madison 1981
Myriad Worlds;
Jamgön Kongtrul (Snow
Lion 1995)
Learning from the Dalai Lama : Secrets of
the Wheel of Time, by Karen Pandell, Barry Bryant, John Taylor
(Photographer), Dutton Children's Books; ISBN: 0525450637; (October
1995)
Kalacakra Sadhana
and Social Responsibility, by David Reigle (Spirit of the Sun Publications 1996, available
via the
Publisher
).
Buddhist Ethics,
by Jamgon Kongtrul, (Snow
Lion, 1998)
Tibetan Astro
Science, by Jhampa Kalsang, astrology paintings
by Buchung Tsering. Available from Snow
Lion
FRENCH
L'initiation de Kalachakra, Pour la
paix dans le monde, par Sa Sainteté le Dalaï-Lama, traduit et
présenté par Sofia Stril-Rever (Paris, Desclee
de Brouwer, 2001)
Kalachakra, Guide de l'initiation et du Guru Yoga, Enseignements
de Sa Sainteté le Dalaï-Lama, et de Jhado Tulku Rinpoche, présentation
de Sofia Stril-Rever (Paris, Desclee
de Brouwer, 2002)
KALACHAKRA,
enseignements préliminaires et initiations,
Sa Sainteté le Dalaï Lama, Traduit de l'anglais
par Christian Charrier. (Vajrayogini France)
Tibet,
la Roue du Temps - pratique du mandala, par Jean-Pierre
Barou et Sylvie Crossman (Actes Sud, 2000)
Kalachakra
: le plus haut des tantras bouddhistes, de Le Dalai-Lama
(Claire Lumieres, 1997)
ITALIAN
Kalachakra
- Iniziazione Tantrica del Dalai Lama, J.M. Rivière
- Edizioni Mediterranee.
Kalachakra
Guru Yoga di S.S. il XIV Dalai Lama e Ling Rinpoche,
pubblicazione del testo Sacro a cura di SDK Shri Dhanya Kataka Associazione
Culturale per la Preservazione e Studio del Tantra di Kalachakra.
Disponibile su CD e in edizione estesa con note esplicative rilegato
come gli autentici testi sacri tibetani. per prenotazioni e-mail:
info@sdk-kalachakra.com
(Testi per praticanti)
Commentario della Guru Yoga di Kalachakra trasmesso
da Jhado Tulku, pubblicazione del testo Sacro a cura di SDK Shri
Dhanya Kataka Associazione Culturale per la Preservazione e Studio
del Tantra di Kalachakra. Disponibile su CD per prenotazioni e-mail:
info@sdk-kalachakra.com
(Testi per praticanti)
GERMAN
Kalachakra,
von Michael Henss Broschiert - (Fabri-Verlag Jürgen
Aschoff, 1998), ISBN: 3980219968, bei Amazon.de
Die
transformierende Kraft des Tantra Kalachakra - Grundlagen, Prinzipien
und Aspekte; von Jürgen Manshardt, DHARMATA
VERLAG, Berlin, 27 Seiten, kartoniert
ADVANCED
BOOKS ON KALACHAKRA
Kalacakra and the Tibetan Calendar by Edward
Henning - (ISBN: 0975373498, EAN: 9780975373491,
Hardback, 326pp., Publisher : Columbia University Press)
Forthcoming due August 2007. Henning describes the contents
of current Tibetan almanacs, from basic mathematics to symbolic
and historical information. Essential for understanding the
Kalachakra Tantra's first chapter, this book describes the origin
of the calendrical systems in this tantra and translates and
elucidates the relevant sections from its famous commentary,
the Vimalaprabha. The main calendars in use in Tibet today have
remained unchanged since the 15th century, when lamas in several
different traditions tried to make sense of the calculation
systems they had inherited from India, and to adjust them to
remove increasingly obvious errors. This book analyzes the main
systems that survive today, assessing their accuracy and comparing
them with the methods described in the original tantra.
Ornament of Stainless Light:
An Exposition of the Kalachakra Tantra by Khedrup Norsang Gyatso,
translation Gavin Kilti and Thubten Jinpa (Snowlion, 2004)
Kalacakratantra:
The Chapter On The Individual Together With The Vimalaprabha, Vesna
A. Wallace, Robert A.F. Thurman, Thomas F. Yarnall (American Institute
of Buddhist Studies, 2004) Available from Snowlion
The Inner Kalacakratantra:
A Buddhist Tantric View of the Individual, Vesna A. Wallace. (Oxford
University Press, 2001) Available from Snowlion
The Kalacakra Tantra: The Chapter on the Sadhana together with the Vimalaprabha by Vesna A. Wallace (The American Institute of Buddhist Studies, Columbia University Center for Buddhist Studies, and Tibet House US, 2010). Available from Amazon.
Tantra
de Kalachakra: Le Livre du Corps Subtil accompagne de son
grand commentaire La Lumiere Immaculee Préface de Sa Sainteté
le Dalaï-Lama, traduit et présenté par Sofia Stril-Rever
(Paris, Desclee de Brouwer, 2000). (Inner Chapters of the Kalachakra
Laghutantra and the Vimalaprabha, translated from Sanskrit.)
The Practice of Kalachakra
by Glen H. Mullin (Snow Lion, 1991)
Naropa,
Iniziazione Kalachakra, Raniero Gnoli e Giacomella Orofino
- Adelphi Edizioni, 1994. (Testi di approfondimento) (Integral
translation of the Sekodesa by Naropa, and notes from the Vimalaprabha.)
Kalachakra and Other Six Session
Yogas; Alexander Berzin (Snow
Lion, 1998) These practices are now also available on Alex'
website.
The Kalachakra Tantra,
Rite of Initiation. Tenzin Gyatso the Dalai Lama and
Jeffrey Hopkins (Wisdom,
1985) ![](images/flags/germany.gif)
Kalacakra Sadhana and Social Responsibility,
David Reigle (Spirit of the Sun Publications 1996, available
via the
Publisher
).
Transcending Time, an Explanation
of the Kalachakra Six-Session Guru Yoga, Gen Lamrimpa
and B. Allan Wallace (Wisdom
1999) ![](images/flags/germany.gif)
The Outer Wheel of Time:
Vajrayana Buddhist cosmology in the Kalacakra tantra,
a dissertation by John Ronald Newman (1987, dissertation. UMI
number 8723348. Available from UMI
Dissertation Services, 300 North Zeeb Road, P.O. Box 1346, Ann Arbor,
Michigan 48106-1346, USA. )
Tantric Yoga: A Study
of the Vedic Precursors, Historical Evolution, Literatures, Cultures,
doctrines, and Practices of the 11th Century Kasmiri Saivite
and Buddhist Unexcelled Tantric Yogas, by James Francis Hartzell
(Part of Chapter 5 of the Vimalaprabha)(1997, UMI Number: 9723798, Hopefully
soon available from UMI Dissertation Services,
300 North Zeeb Road, P.O. Box 1346, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-1346,
USA. )
Kalacakra: Textual and Ritual
Perspectives, a dissertation by Jensine Andresen (1997,
UMI Number: 9733170, available from UMI
Dissertation Services, 300 North Zeeb Road, P.O. Box 1346, Ann Arbor,
Michigan 48106-1346, USA.)
Kalachakra Tantra
by Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey (Motilal)
- Restricted to Initiates. Available from Snowlion
The Sadangayoga by Anupamaraksita
Translated and annotated by Francesco Sferra, Rome, Istituto
Italiano Per l'Africa E L'Oriente, 2000
The Yoga of Six Limbs: An Introduction of the History of Shadhanga yoga, by Günter Grünbold, published by Robert Hutwohl. May be obtained via r.hutwohl@icloud.com
Publisher
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The Nispannayogavali by Abhayakaragupta:
A New Critical Edition of the Sanskrit Text (Revised Edition
- Sanskrit only), by Yong-Hyun Lee, Baegun Press,
Seoul, in 2004
Synthesizing
a liturgical heritage: Abhayakaragupta's 'Vajravali' and the Kalacakramandala
(Mahapandita Abhayakaragupta) a dissertation by
Yong-Hyun Lee (2003, UMI number AAT 3089732 available from UMI
Dissertation Services, 300 North Zeeb Road, P.O.
Box 1346, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48106-1346, USA.)
Sekoddesa, a critical
edition of the Tibetan translations, by Giacomella Orofino with an
appendix by Raniero Gnoli on the Sanskrit Text. Tibetan texts edited
on the basis of all the Kanjur editions, with a thorough historical
introduction in English and an appendix with a reconstructed Sanskrit
text, Roma, Is.MEO. 1994. This 151-page book is available at the Herder
International bookshop.
See also the Archive of KPG London
for practice materials like sadhanas and commentaries available to
initiated practitioners.
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