Kalachakra Tantra

Japanese: カーラチャクラ・タントラ - かーらちゃくらたんとら
Kalachakra Tantra

...The name began to appear in Tibetan Buddhist documents around the 7th century, and mandalas were created that liken Shambhala to a sacred lotus. This holy city, which believes in the Kalachakra Tantra (meaning the Doctrine of the Wheel of Time), the most lofty teaching of Tibetan Buddhism, is said to be home to an emperor who leads an army of spirits and who will win the final war and bring about an eternal golden age to the world. It is said that the formation of this paradise legend was also influenced by Nestorian Christianity and Islam. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Kalachakra Tantra" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…後7世紀ころからチベットの仏教文献にその名が現れるようになり,シャンバラを聖なる蓮に見立てた曼荼羅も制作されている。チベット仏教のもっとも高遠な教えといわれる〈カーラチャクラ・タントラ〉(〈時の輪の教義〉の意)を信仰するこの聖都には,精霊の軍団を率いる帝王がいて,やがて起こる最終戦争に勝利して世界に永遠の黄金時代を招来するという。この楽園伝承の形成にはネストリウス派キリスト教やイスラム教の影響も認められるといわれる。…

※「カーラチャクラ・タントラ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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