Sacred Sounds Of Shambhala

Deep Sleep, Meditation Music. Shambhala is a mythical kingdom hidden somewhere beyond the snowpeaks of the Himalayas. It is mentioned in ancient texts relating to the Kalachakra, the latest buddhist tantric School of India (11th Century). The Tibetan Bön scriptures also speak of a closely-related mythical land called Ol-mo-lung-ring. Shambhala is believed to be a society where all the inhabitants are enlightened, actually a Buddhist “Pure Land“. According to the Kalachakra Tantra (“Treatise of the Wheel of Time“), King Suchandra of the Kingdom of Shambhala requested teaching from the Buddha that would allow him to practice the Dharma without renouncing his worldly enjoyments and responsibilities. Later Shambhalian kings, Manjushrikirti and Pundarika, are said to have condensed and simplified the teachings into the “Kalachakra Tantra“ and its main commentary, the “Vimalaprabha“ (“Stainless Light“), which remain extant today as the heart of the Kalachakra literature. Shambhala is ruled over by a line of Kings known as ’Kalkin’. The Kalachakra prophesizes that when the world declines into war and greed, and all is lost, the twenty-fifth Kalkin will emerge from Shambhala with a huge army to vanquish “Dark Forces“ and usher in a worldwide Golden Age. As with many concepts in the Kalachakra Tantra, the idea of Shambhala is said to have an “Outer,“ “Inner,’ and “Alternative“ meaning. The Outer meaning understands Shambhala to exist as a physical place, although only individuals with the appropriate karma can reach it and experience it as such. The Inner and Alternative meanings refer to more subtle understandings of what Shambhala represents in terms of one’s own body and mind (Inner), and the meditation practice (Alternative). The first information that reached western civilization about Shambhala (1627) came from the Portuguese Catholic missionaire Estêvão Cacella and who had heard about Shambala (transcribed as “Xembala“), and thought it was another name for Cathay or China. The Hungarian scholar Sàndor Csoma de Körös, writing in 1833, provided the first geographic account of a fabulous country in the North, situated between 45’ and 50’ north latitude“. During the 19th century, Theosophical Society founder Helena Petrovna Blavatsky alluded to the Shambhala myth, giving it currency for Western occult enthusiasts. Later esoteric writers further emphasized and elaborated on the concept of a hidden land inhabited by a hidden mystic brotherhood whose members labor for the good of humanity. extract, from: Wikipedia.