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Kalachakra 2011

edited December 2010 in Buddhism Today
Tickets went on sale today; anyone going?

http://www.kalachakra2011.com/tickets.html


I've been reading up on it here: http://www.berzinarchives.com/web/x/nav/group.html_2018842874.html

And I thought this was kinda funny:

Berzin: Is it helpful to explain about Shambhala?

His Holiness: Certainly. Where do you think it is?

Berzin: I don't quite know. Serkong Rinpoche said it was not on earth, but could perhaps be on another world where flying saucers come from. This is because the texts speak of people coming from Shambhala on flying vehicles. They come from Shambhala to check our situation. Several cultures among the indigenous people of South America and South Africa also have myths like this, that visitors came long ago from outer space and taught them calendar-making and astronomy. Perhaps they came from Shambhala.

Comments

  • I am going with my wife and kids, but we are just going for the empowerment. Tickets for the four days of the Kalachakra will go on sale in the spring, the ones that are being sold now are for 8 and 11 days.
  • Have you been to one before, Karmadorje?
  • Yes, with HH Dalai Lama in Toronto in 2004 and with HH Penor Rinpoche in Greene, NY in 2007.
  • I've just seen the Herzog film on the initiations in Dharmsala and Berlin. I wonder if some monk is on his way to DC now, prostrating with each step...
  • They would be hard to pick out from among all the congressmen kowtowing to their corporate overlords.
  • HA! You think the TSA would let you prostrate in their new scanners?
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