Vimalaprabha
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Vimalaprabha (T. dri med 'od), or "Stainless Light", is the most important commentary on the Kalachakra Tantra.[1] The text is attributed to Pundarika (T. pad ma dkar po), a king of Shambhala.[1][2] It is composed in Sanskrit and consists of 12,000 lines of text.[3] It was introduced into Tibet in the 11th century, it is the basis for all Kalachakra commentaries.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Robert E. Buswell Jr., Donald S. Lopez Jr., The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (Princeton: 2014), s.v. Vimalaprabha
- ↑ Vesna Wallace (2001). The Inner Kalacakratantra: A Buddhist Tantric View of the Individual. Oxford University Press. pp. v, 1–8. ISBN 978-0-19-802848-2.
- ↑ Edward A. Arnold (2009). As Long as Space Endures: Essays on the Kalacakra Tantra in Honor of H.H. the Dalai Lama. Shambhala. pp. 205–206. ISBN 978-1-55939-910-4.
- ↑
Vimalaprabha, Rigpa Shedra Wiki
Further reading
Vimalaprabha, Buddha Nature: A Tsadra Foundation Initiative
Vimalaprabha, Wikipedia- Kilty, G. Ornament of Stainless Light, Wisdom 2004, ISBN 0-86171-452-0
- Berzin, A. Taking the Kalachakra Initiation, Snowlion 1997, ISBN 1-55939-084-0 (available in German, French, Italian, Russian)
- Wallace, V.A. The Inner Kalacakratantra: A Buddhist Tantric View of the Individual Oxford University Press, 2001
