Kalkī Śrī Puṇḍarīka

Kalkī Śrī Puṇḍarīka

कल्कीश्रीपुण्डरीक, རིགས་ལྡན་པདྨ་དཀར་པོ་

176 BCE - 76 BCE

The mythical second king of Shambhala, who is reported to have written the Vimalaprabhā, an important commentary on the Kālacakra Tantra. He is considered to be an emanation of Avalokiteśvara and subsequently the Dalai Lamas are considered to be emanations of this king.

Other names

• རིགས་ལྡན་གཉིས་པ་པདྨ་དཀར་པོ་ · other names (Tibetan)
• rigs ldan gnyis pa pad+ma dkar po · other names (Wylie)

Affiliations & relations

• Avalokiteśvara · emanation of

Kālacakra - Can refer to either the Kālacakra Tantra and its derivative texts or to the systematic tantric tradition based on these texts, as well as the deity Kālacakra upon which the associated practices are centered. Skt. कालचक्र Tib. དུས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོ། Ch. 時輪

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tantra - Tantra, when juxtaposed with Sūtra, generally refers to the scriptures and texts which discuss esoteric topics. While the term is used to refer to texts on other topics, it is mostly used to refer to the genre of scriptures and texts on themes and topics associated with Vajrayāna Buddhism. Skt. तन्त्र Tib. རྒྱུད། Ch. 密宗

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gotra - Disposition, lineage, or class; an individual's gotra determines the type of enlightenment one is destined to attain. Skt. गोत्र Tib. རིགས་ Ch. 鍾姓,種性

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