In this interview I am once again joined by Lama Glenn Mullin, spiritual teacher, Tibetologist, and author of over 30 books on Buddhism.

Glenn discusses the mysterious Kālacakra ‘Wheel of Time’ Tantra, exploring its history, and uncovers its unique esoteric characteristics,

Glenn recounts his own connection to the Kālacakra tantra, including his memories of the Dalai Lama’s first ever public Kālacakra empowerment given to hundreds of thousands of people in Bodhgaya, and discusses the surprising pros and cons of mass public initiations.

Glenn reveals the subtle body yogas of the Kālacakra, compares its methods to other highest yoga tantras such as Cakrasaṃvara and Guhyasamāja, and considers the Kālacakra prophecies of Śambhala and a coming age of darkness over the world.

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Video version: https://www.guruviking.com/podcast/ep249-kalachakra-tantra-lama-glenn-mullin

Also available on Youtube, iTunes, & Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast’.

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Topics include:

00:00 - Intro

00:56 - Kālacakra

03:01 - Glenn’s history with the Kālacakra

04:25 - Dalai Lama’s first public Kālacakra empowerment

08:18 - Coney Island of the mind

08:49 - Blavatsky and Theosophical Society’s interest in Kālacakra and Śambhala

10:25 - Dreams and other signs during tantric empowerment

14:24 - Why give public tantric empowerments?

15:35 - Outer, Inner, and Secret levels

18:14 - Exclusively secret traditions

18:38 - History of public Kālacakra empowerments

20:06 - Tantric vows

21:07 - Śambhala prophecies and the Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra

23:48 - Today’s signs of fulfilment of prophecy

26:30 - Origin of Kālacakra in the Buddha’s teaching career

32:42 - Time capsule wisdom teachings

35:09 - Highest Yoga Tantra’s characteristics

36:29 - Cross-fertilisation with Himalayan shamanism

37:30 - Later ways of categorising tantric systems

40:20 - Unique and common aspects of the Kālacakra yogas

42:30 - 7 initiations of entering like a child

46:48 - Kālacakra completion stage

48:18 - Subtle body yogas and rainbow body

53:35 - Misunderstandings about Śambhala

55:15 - A century of Russian interest in Kālacakra

01:00:27 - Limits of Helena Blavatsky’s understanding

01:01:38 - Blavatsky’s world legacy

01:06:50 - Why is Kālacakra so little practiced?

01:15:10 - How to receive teachings from Glenn

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Previous episodes with Lama Glenn Mullin:

- https://www.guruviking.com/search?q=glenn%20mullin

To find out more about Lama Glenn Mullin, visit:

- http://www.glennmullin.com/

https://www.facebook.com/Maitripa.Glenn

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- www.guruviking.com

Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James