Today, I must summarize the important aspects of the Kalachakra practice again. I had previously given a mass Kalachakra empowerment initiation in Hong Kong. In Tibet, mass Kalachakra empowerments are generally held in a great open field and the explanation of the precepts, meanings of the practice and various aspects of the sadhana take at least one week, sometimes a month.

The meaning of this Time Wheel (Kalachakra) is none other than the great wheel of time. In this Universe, only this wheel of time is rotating. Everything is in this giant wheel of time. From this giant wheel of time, we can attain dharma essence. This dharma essence is namely Kalachakra. Originally, when Shakyamuni Buddha was giving the teaching at the Avatamsaka Realm, he emanated a body into the Shambhala kingdom and transformed into the giant wheel of time, Kalachakra. He explained how you can break through all the bondages and obstructions, achieve transcendence, and enter into the Pure Land of Time in this giant wheel of time. Strictly speaking, this is the explanation of Kalachakra.

In reality, the human life-span is very short and limited. From our human perspective, we observe that there are some creatures that are born in the morning and are dead by nightfall (the life-span of one human day). Another example is the lightning bug. Its life-span is about seven days. In the same way, if we examine human life-span from the perspective of the universe, it can also be said that we are born in the morning and are dead by nightfall. In Daoism, there is a saying: "A day in heaven is a hundred years on earth." So, from the perspective of celestial gods, men are born in the morning and dead by nightfall. Time is boundless and limitless; it is infinite. However, the human life-span is limited. Very limited. In this short-span of time, we can only accomplish one task. This is none other than the great task of life that is referred to by Shakyamuni Buddha.

(to be continued)

《本文譯自蓮生活佛在休士頓密儀雷藏寺傳時輪金剛法的開示》