Description
The Kalachakra deity and his entourage of deities surround him in the Kalachakra Mandala, which represents the components of a single individual person in the purified form of a fully enlightened human. The Sanskrit words “Kala” and “chakra” signify time and cycle, respectively. The name alludes to the Buddhist and Hindu cosmologies’ cyclical aspect of time.
Kalachakra is a four-faced, black-skinned god with twenty-four arms and twelve faces. He is the personification of time, which is reflected in his name. This Kalachakra Mandala depicts an authentic castle that reflects five aspects:
- Enlightened body
- Enlightened speech
- Enlightened mind
- Enlightened wisdom
- Enlightened bliss
The palace is surrounded by four elemental rings as well as two outer rings and when all of these elements are put together, it forms a microcosm of the universe. Inside out, they symbolize:
- Water
- Fire
- Wind
- Earth
- Wisdom and Space
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