Kalachakra Resources

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The materials archived here are not to be used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research.

Warning: Traditionally, some of these materials would only be available for viewing after the requisite empowerment or permission by a qualified teacher of the lineage. Many teachers regard reading such material without empowerment or permission as potentially harmful.

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Tantric Yoga: A study of the Vedic precursors, historical evolution, literatures, cultures, doctrines, and practices of the eleventh-century Kasmiri Saivite and Buddhist unexcelled Tantric Yogas (71M)

by James Francis Hartzell, doctoral dissertation, Columbia University, 1997

Synthesizing a Liturgical Heritage: Abhayakaragupta's Vajravali and the Kalacakramandala

by Yong-Hyun Lee doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin--Madison, 2003

The Legend of Shambhala in Eastern and Western Interpretations
Victoria Dmitrieva’s master’s thesis McGill University, 1997

The Mythic Journey and Its Symbolism: A Study of the Development of Buddhist Guidebooks to Sambhala in Relation to Their Antecedents in Hindu Mythology

by Edwin Marshall Bernbaum doctoral dissertation, University of California-Berkley 1985

The Outer Wheel of Time: Vajrayana Buddhist cosmology in the Kalacakra tantra

by John Ronald Newman, doctoral dissertation, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1997

Kalachakra: Textual and Ritual Perspectives (24M)

by Jensine Andresen, doctoral dissetation, Harvard University, 1997

Emergence of the Kalacakratantra
An article by B. Ghosh

Off-Site Kalachakra Resources

Berzin Archives: Advanced Meditation - Kalachakra

Simply the best online resource for the study of the Kalachakra cycle of Tantric Buddhism

International Kalachakra Network

Another useful resource on the Kalachakra cycle