Movement of Prana in the Kalachakra Lecture at the SJC Washington DC Conference, October 2!
“If one wants to get there, he has to walk the true path, renouncing renouncing quickly everything. everything. Take shelter at the feet of Vishvanath, burn all ego. Roam in the world with purity. ay attention to !alachakra who is is giving great knowledge knowledge to everybody." #$aba%i &orakvani
"he Kalachakra is an elaborate s#stem of astrolog# in itself an$ %oul$ take voluminous v oluminous books to e&'lain full#( "his cha'ter is )ust intro$ucing the sub)ect an$ bringing to use certain techni*ues to sho% the $e'th of the use of the nakshatras( +t is im'ortant for the fuller un$erstan$ing of the foun$ations of the nakshatras use an$ categori-ation( "he Kalachakra is an elaborate s#stem of "antric astrolog#( Sim'le uses are mentione$ in common te&ts like Prasna Marga an$ Jataka Pari)ata, but there is an entire "antra %ritten calle$ the .Kalachakra "antra/( "his tantra is com'ose$ of five books( "he first book is on the outer Kalachakra an$ has the large amount of J#otish information( "he Kalachakra is a %heel of time, almost a calen$ar in its self( Literall#, Kala means time an$ Chakra means %heel( "he secon$ cha'ter is relate$ to the inner Kalachakra an$ relate$ to the na$is 0energ# channels1 an$ movement of 'rana relative to J#otish( "he thir$ book $eals %ith tantric initiation into the Kalachakra 'ath an$ the fourth an$ fifth books relate more to sa$hana s a$hana an$ me$itation( "he "antra %as translate$ a fe% hun$re$ #ears ago into "ibetan an$ 'arts of the "ibetan te&t have been translate$ into nglish %ith "ibetan 3u$$hist commentar#( "here has been no $irect translations from the original Sanskrit to nglish as of #et 02!1( "here are 422 $eities containe$ in the Kalachakra 042 'lus Siva an$ Durga1( "hese relate to the 542, na$is mentione$ in the hatha #oga te&ts, as %ell as the 42 sashtiamsas of the D6 7 regar$e$ as the most im'ortant varga accor$ing to Parashara( "here are 48 $eities on lotuses counte$ t%ice %ith their consorts 048 & 2 9 :;71(
there are 2 <$it#as in each of the ! $irections, an$ : <$it#a in each of the interme$iate $irections( "his a$$s u' to the t%elve months of the #ear( ach <$it#a is embracing their consort an$ surroun$e$ b# 28 $eities, that re'resent the = $a#s in a month, an$ all a$$e$ together the =7 $egrees of the -o$iac an$ si$ereal solar #ear( Prasna Marga of >arihara teaches some techni*ues of calculating $eath %ith the Kalachakra an$ the 8 ?oginis( "here are e&actl# =7 verses liste$ in Prasna Marga on the Kalachakra( =7 is the maturit# of Saturn, the ruler of longevit# an$ $eath( "he life c#cle can be broken $o%n into = sections of =7 %hich a$$ u' to :8( When )#otish longevit# calculations give the result of short, me$ium or long life, the# are referring to these three c#cles of =7( "here are five techni*ues for $etermining %hich thir$ of life a 'erson %ill $ie( "hese are relate$ to the 'anchatattvas 0; elements1( Once the section of longevit# is calculate$, the ne&t ste' is to see %hen %ithin that frame of time %ill the 'erson meet their $eath( "his is $one %ith various metho$s like Shoola $asa, @avtara chakra, an$ the movement of the ?oginis in the Kalachakra, etc( "he Kalachakra %ill also sho% the health of the native an$ es'eciall# times of sickness( +t sho%s ho% a 'erson uses their 'ranas 0energ#1 an$ the $irections in life this %ill lea$ them( "he natal chart is ma''e$ into the Kalachakra to be rea$( Prasna Marga gives a verse for the $ra%ing of the Kalachakra $iagram use$ in J#otish( cturAiBk k#aE$@tmEF#e vihG HmatI, $fa cturStikkegaHisN#e(82( $fana "#ek cturAsmagmeu mF#e c,
"he :st nakshatra starts at the center of the to' hori-ontal line, in the $iagram there is the number one( "he Kalachakra has multi'le %a#s to be set u', but for 'rimar# 'ur'oses use the )anma nakshatra calle$ the birth star, %hich is the natal Moons nakshatra( "he Kalachakra is a 28 nakshatra s#stem so a$$ : to an# nakshatra over 2: in the 24 chakra s#stem( "he Moon takes 24 $a#s an$ 4 =`! hours to transit the =7 $egree -o$iac( "he 24 nakshatra s#stem averages this to 24 signs each having := $egrees an$ 2 minutes of arc( "he 28 nakshatra s#stem calculates the remaining 4 hours an$ =8 minutes into a sign calle$
>uman beings are ma$e of three e&ternal things 3o$#, Prana an$ Min$( "his can be seen in the Kalachakra as the e&ternal la#er, the mi$$le level an$ the internal level( "he outer bo$# la#er is often referre$ to as the &alte$ 3o$# Man$ala( "he mi$$le 'ranic level is calle$ the &alte$ S'eech Man$ala( "he inner Manas level is calle$ &alte$ Min$ Man$ala( "he innermost section of the Kalachakra is calle$ the ortress of Durga( +t can be $ivi$e$ into three main sections( "here is the Man$ala of &alte$ Wis$om an$ the :7 s*uares of the Man$ala of Pristine Consciousness( "hen the inner most center is the Man$ala of reat 3liss( +n this center Man$ala there is a green eight 'etalle$ lotus %hich is the seat of Durga as ^ishvamaata %ho is saffron colore$ %ith ! faces an$ 8 han$s( She is in embrace %ith Siva as Kaalachakra( Sri Kaalachakra has four faces an$ t%ent#6four han$s(
What is visible is %hat is outsi$e, on the outer level( "he Moon is al%a#s visible, like the conscious min$ al%a#s seen( So the birth star %ith the Moon start the Kalachakra( "he Moon is 'lace$ %here #ou see the number one in the above $iagram( Other 'lanets are 'lace$ in their res'ective nakshatras( "here are other techni*ues than the one + %ill be $emonstrating that use $ifferent configurations( "he Moon in the ast is aligne$ %ith the natural Sun an$ therefore sho%s the 'ranas in the bo$#( "he moon in the @orth ast sho%s the manas 0as the min$ is al%a#s un$er the influence of Eahu1( Sometimes the Sun nakshatra is also use$ starting the se*uence from the @orth ast $irection this is use$ to see evils in the chart( "here is also another s#stem use$ for receiving kno%le$ge from an$ about the $evas( +n this Kalachakra the @akshatras %ill go in a counter clock%ise or$er( Soft%are is not nee$e$ as long as one kno%s the 'lanet nakshatras( or those using Jagannath >ora soft%are %hich calculates the Kalachakra %ith the Sun as the base nakshatra( Eight click an$ chose change base nakshatra_( "hen select use the follo%ing star as the base instea$_( "hen select the )amna nakshatra of the native #ou are calculating( "he follo%ing is an e&am'le using the chart of the Dalai Lama( Dalai Lama Date Jul# 7, :d=; "ime !=8 am "ime one 4 0ast of M"1 Place :: :2 , =7 @ :2
Body
Longitude
Nakshatr a
Lagna
13 Ge 28′ 53.22″
Ardra
3
Ge
Aq
Sun
19 Ge 57′ 38.48″
Ardra
4
Ge
Pi
Moon
16 Le 39′ 55.11″
PPhal
1
Le
Le
Mar
25 !i 18′ 31.49″ "hi#ra
1
!i
Le
Mer$ur%
2 Ge 33′ 25.32″
3
Ge
Li
Mriga
Pada Rasi Nava
&u'i#er ()* 2+ Li 3+′ 39.83″ !ia,a
1
Li
Ar
!enu
Magha
2
Le
-a
Sa#aiha
4
Aq
Pi
)ahu
29 Sg 26′ 48.52″
/Shad
1
Sg
Sg
0e#u
29 Ge 26′ 48.52″
Punarau
3
Ge
Ge
Maandi
5 -a 33′ 26.6+″
0ri##i,a
3
-a
Aq
Guli,a
24 Ar 23′ +9.29″
harani
4
Ar
S$
5 Le 16′ 36.18″
17 Aq +5′ Sa#urn ()* 37.27″
"he Moon is in Purva Phalguni %hich is the ::th nakshatra( "herefore the Kalachakra starts %ith :: an$ goes from there for%ar$( "he Moon is on the to' mi$$le hori-ontal line in Purva Phalguni( "he Sun is in
Direction "he 'rana moves in the same %a# the nakshatras have been 'lace$ in the Kalachakra( nerg# comes in the Ken$ras 0straight lines1 an$ energ# goes out the Konas 0$iagonal lines1( Planets 'lace$ in a Kona a&is are taking energ# out, the# nee$ to be guar$e$`sto''e$`regulate$( Mantra for 'lanets guar$ing the fortress %ill obstruct the loss of energ#( +f no 'lanet is there then the nakshatra mantra of the fortress a&is can be use$( +f the guar$ is beneficial for the natal chart then a stone ma# be use$(
Conclusion to +ntro$uction @e&t one nee$s to un$erstan$ the $eities that the energ# is coming from or going to( or e&am'le, energ# going to
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