THE KALACHAKRA FOR THE PEACE OF THE WORLD 2007

Kalachakra initiation is part of the Tantric tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He is of the highest class of tantras, the so called Anuttarayogatantra.

Kalachakra is a manifestation of the Buddha's enlightened mind, and his form is a deity (Kalachakra) who is in his palace, surrounded by the cosmos, the whole composing his mandala.

Kalachakra was first bestowed by Buddha Sakyamuni himself, to the king of Shambala, to help the king and his people unite against possible enemy invasions. It is one of the few initiations that is passed on to everyone and represents a special blessing for those who assist and those who host it.
The aim is to promote peace and tolerance on earth: the Kalachakra initiation is comparable to the gesture of one who throws so many seeds of peace in the minds of the people who receive it. This is the origin of the link between Kalachakra initiation and World Peace.

An initiation is a blessing that is given to participants by a qualified Master. The Master must be the holder of an unbroken lineage from Master to disciple, and must have made various retreats on that very practice to be considered qualified. The initiation lasts 2 days and consists of a preparation part and a part of the initiation itself.

Kalachakra means in Sanskrit Wheel of Time to underline that the concept of time and cyclicality must be traced in the universe as in our breath, in the interconnection of macrocosm and microcosm that places us in universal harmony.
The Kalachakra teachings are vast and complex, containing teachings from cosmology, epistemology to mind studies. It is interpreted on various levels, external, internal and more. The external concerns the laws of time and space in the physical world, and includes subjects such as astronomy, astrology and mathematics. The interior, on the other hand, concerns the structure and the elements  of our human body,  it also includes its energy system. The other is the doctrine, the way of the meditation deity and its mandala.

Kalachakra takes a strong stand against the Indian kaste system, it is against social and material discrimination  and tries to optimize the psychophysical and spiritual well-being of the person.

It can be said that this event on Florentine soil was a great omen, the Kalachakra had never been conferred on a large scale in Italy before.