Kala Chakra

Kalchakra is an annual initiation ceremony for Buddhists complete with rituals and prayers and is conducted on a large scale across the globe.

Kalachakra the Buddhist tantric practice belonging to the Highest Yoga Tantras the empowerment for which has traditionally been given in Tibet to large gatherings of people. HH the Dalai Lama will be giving the empowerment for the 30th time in his life at Amaravati in January 2006.

Amravati has been chosen due to its Buddhist influence and because Buddha is said to have taught the Kalchakra here for the first time.

The Kalchakra Root Tantra was taught here on the 15th of the third month, in the year following Buddha's enlightenment at Shri Dhanyakataka. Buddhism is said to have flourished in this year from 2nd century BC to 2nd century AD.

This is the 30th Kalchakra Empowerment by the Dalai Lama in his lifetime and is particularly significant as it coincides with the 2550th anniversary of the Parinirvana or the Passing Away of Lord Buddha