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[[Yashas]] (Tib. [[Jampal Dakpa]]; "[[Manjushri Yashas]]") - [[King Yashas]] is said to have lived in the second century BCE. He put the [[Kalachakra]] teachings in a condensed and simplified [[form]] called the "[[Sri Kalachakra]]" or "[[Laghutantra]]". He also converted a group of [[non-Buddhist]] [[Brahman]] {{Wiki|priests}} of [[Shambhala]] to [[Buddhism]] and gave them the [[Kalachakra initiation]], thereby uniting all inhabitants into one "[[vajra]] [[caste]]," or family of [[tantric]] practitioners. He said to have predicted the coming of "[[barbarian]] [[Dharma]]" after 800 years (about 600 CE), which indicates a [[form]] of {{Wiki|Islam}}. | [[Yashas]] (Tib. [[Jampal Dakpa]]; "[[Manjushri Yashas]]") - [[King Yashas]] is said to have lived in the second century BCE. He put the [[Kalachakra]] teachings in a condensed and simplified [[form]] called the "[[Sri Kalachakra]]" or "[[Laghutantra]]". He also converted a group of [[non-Buddhist]] [[Brahman]] {{Wiki|priests}} of [[Shambhala]] to [[Buddhism]] and gave them the [[Kalachakra initiation]], thereby uniting all inhabitants into one "[[vajra]] [[caste]]," or family of [[tantric]] practitioners. He said to have predicted the coming of "[[barbarian]] [[Dharma]]" after 800 years (about 600 CE), which indicates a [[form]] of {{Wiki|Islam}}. |
Revision as of 13:59, 5 April 2014
Yashas (Tib. Jampal Dakpa; "Manjushri Yashas") - King Yashas is said to have lived in the second century BCE. He put the Kalachakra teachings in a condensed and simplified form called the "Sri Kalachakra" or "Laghutantra". He also converted a group of non-Buddhist Brahman priests of Shambhala to Buddhism and gave them the Kalachakra initiation, thereby uniting all inhabitants into one "vajra caste," or family of tantric practitioners. He said to have predicted the coming of "barbarian Dharma" after 800 years (about 600 CE), which indicates a form of Islam.