The Kalachakra--Wheel of Time--tantra is the most detailed and encompassing system of theory and practice within Tibetan Buddhism. It has been popularized in recent times by The Dalai Lama, who publicly gives the Kalachakra initiation every year all around the world.
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Preface Technical Note
INTRODUCTION BY JEFFEREY HOPKINS 1. Altruistic Purification 2. Deity Yoga: The Special Tantric Technique 3. Motivation: The Thirty-Seven Practices 4. Emptiness Yoga 5. History of the Kalachakra Tantra 6. Initiations and Mandalas 7. Procedure of the Enhancement 8. Procedure of the Initiations 9. The Texts 10. The Author of the Mandala Rite 11. The Author of the Commentary
THE DALAI LAMA'S COMMENTARY ON THE KALACHAKRA INITIAITON RITE: STAGE OF GENERATION Part One：Enhancing the Students Background 1. Motivation and Internal Initiation 2. Supplication and Faith 3. Vows and Blessing 4. Tooth-Stick，Water，Kusha Grass, and Thread 5. Six Lineages and Vajrasattva 6. Enthusiasm and Dreams
Part Two：Entry into the Mandala 1. Structure 2. Outside the Curtain 3. Seeing the Mandala
Part Three：The Initiations Orientation 1. Water Initiation 2. Crown Initiation 3. Silk Ribbon Initiation 4. Vajra and Bell Initiation 5. Conduct Initiation 6. Name Initiation 7. Permission Initiation and Appendages
Part Four：Conclusion 1. Understanding the Time of Attainment 2. Advice to Abandon the Root Infractions 3. Prayer-Wishes 4. Daily Practice
RITES FOR DAILY PRACTICE: THREE VERSIONS OF THE SIX SESSION YOGA Introduction 1. Guru Yoga of Kalachakra in Connection with the Six Sessions in Completely Facilitating Form 2. Six Session Yoga 3. Abbreviated Six Session Yoga
APPENDIX 1. Mantras in the Kalachakra Initiation，Stage of Generation
BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. Sutras and Tantras 2. Sanskrit and Tibetan Works 3. Other Works
NOTE 1. Notes to the Introdcution 2. Notes to the Commentary
