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mother, the bearer of the heir to the throne, and as “wisdom consorts”. In the “tantric economy” of the
state budget they form a reservoir of vital resources, since they supply the “gynergy” which is
transformed by the official sexual magic rites into political power. Alone the sovereign has a million
(!) girls, “young as the eight-day moon”, who are available to be his partners.
The highest elite of the country is formed by the tantric clergy. The monks wear white, speak
Sanskrit, and are all initiated into the mysteries of the Kalachakra Tantra. The majority of them are
considered enlightened. Then come the warriors. The king is at the same time the supreme
commander of a disciplined and extremely potent army with generals at its head, a powerful officer
corps and obedient “lower ranks”. The most effective and “modern” weapons of destruction are stored
in the extensive arsenals of Shambhala. Yet — as we shall later see — the army will only mobilize
completely in three hundred years time (2327 C.E.).
The totalitarian power of the Shambhala king extends over not just the inhabitants of his country, but
likewise over all the people of our planet, “earth”. The French Kalachakra enthusiast, Jean Rivière,
describes the comprehensive competencies of the Buddhist despots as follows: “As master of the
universe, emperor of the world, spiritual regent over the powerful subtle energy flows which regulate
the cosmic order just as [they do] the lives of the people, the Kulika [king] of Shambhala directs the
spiritual development of the human masses who were born into the heavy and blind material
[universe]" (Rivière, 1985, p. 36). [1]
The “sun chariot” of the Rishis
Although all its rulers are known by name, the Shambhala realm has no history in the real sense.
Hence in the many centuries of its existence hardly anything worthy of being recorded in a chronicle
has happened. Consider in contrast the history-laden chain of events in the life of Buddha
Shakyamuni and the numerous legends which he left behind him! But there is an event which shows
that this country was not entirely free of historical conflict. This concerns the protest of a group of no
less than 35 million (!) Rishis (seers) led by the sage Suryaratha ("sun chariot”).
As the first Kulika king, Manjushrikirti, preached the Kalachakra Tantra to his subjects, Suryaratha
distanced himself from it, and his followers, the Rishis, joined him. They preferred to choose
banishment from Shambhala than to follow the “diamond path” (Vajrayana). Nonetheless, after they
had set out in the direction of India and had already crossed the border of the kingdom, Manjushrikirti
sank in to a deep meditation, stunned the emigrants by magic and ordered demon birds to bring them
back.
This event probably concerns a confrontation between two religious schools. The Rishis worshipped
only the sun. For this reason they also called their guru the “sun chariot” (suryaratha). But the Kulika
king had as Kalachakra master and cosmic androgyne united both heavenly orbs in himself. He was
the master of sun and moon. His demand of the Rishis that they adopt the teachings of the Kalachakra
Tantra was also enacted on a night of the full moon. Manjushrikirti ended his sermon with the words:
“If you wish to enter that path, stay here, but if you do not, then leave und go elsewhere; otherwise the
doctrines of the barbarians will com to spread even in Shambhala.” (Bernbaum, 1980, p. 234).
The Rishis decided upon the latter. “Since we all want to remain true to the sun chariot, we also do
not wish to give up our religion and to join another”, they rejoined (Grünwedel, 1915, p. 77). This
resulted in the exodus already outlined. But in fetching them back Manjushrikirti had proved his
magical superiority and demonstrated that the “path of the sun and moon” is stronger than the “pure