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Rudra Chakrin – the militant messiah of Sh<strong>am</strong>bhala<br />

<strong>The</strong> Sh<strong>am</strong>bhala state draws a clear and definite distinction between friend and enemy. <strong>The</strong> original<br />

idea of Buddhist pacifism is completely foreign to it. Hence the Rudra Chakrin carries a martial<br />

symbolic object as his insignia of dominion, the “wheel of iron” (!).We may recall that in the<br />

Buddhist world view our entire universe (Chakravala) is enclosed within a ring of iron mountains.<br />

We have interpreted this image as a reminder of the “doomsday iron age” of the prophecies of<br />

antiquity.<br />

Mounted upon his white horse, with a spear in his hand, the Rudra Chakrin shall lead his powerful<br />

army in the 24th century. “<strong>The</strong> Lord of the Gods”, it is said of him in the Kalachakra Tantra, “ joined<br />

with the twelve lords shall go to destroy the barbarians” (Newman, 1987, p. 645). His army shall<br />

consist of “exceptionally wild warriors” equipped with “sharp weapons”. A hundred thousand war<br />

elephants and millions of mountain horses, faster than the wind, shall serve his soldiers as mounts.<br />

Indian gods will then join the total of twelve divisions of the “wrathful wheel turner” and support<br />

their “friend” from Sh<strong>am</strong>bhala. This support for the warlike Sh<strong>am</strong>bhala king is probably due to his<br />

predecessor, Manjushrikirti, who succeeded in integrating the 120 million Hindu Rishis into the<br />

tantric religious system (Banerjee, 1985, p. xiii).<br />

If, as legend has it, the author of the Kalachakra Tantra was the historical Buddha, Shaky<strong>am</strong>uni, in<br />

person, then he must have forgotten his whole vision and message of peace and had a truly great<br />

fascination for the military hardware. <strong>The</strong>n weaponry plays a prominent role in the Time Tantra. Here<br />

too, by “weapon” is understood every means of implementing the physical killing of humans. It is<br />

also said of Buddha’s martial successor, the coming Rudra Chakrin, that, “with the sella (a deadly<br />

weapon) in the hand ... he shall proclaim the Kalachakra on earth for the liberation of<br />

beings” (Banerjee, 1959, p. 213).

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