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literally, in the energy body of the Dalai Lama). LePage too, sees a great “mystic clock” in the Time
Tantra. The segments of this time machine record the cyclical periods of the course of the world. A
“hidden directorate”, a mysterious brotherhood of immortal beings in the Himalayas, ensures that the
cosmic hours marked on the clockface are adhered to.
The Fourteenth Dalai Lama and the Shambhala myth
LePage's global monopolization of the entire cultic life of our planet by the Kalachakra Tantra could
be regarded as an important step in a worldwide Shambhalization plan of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama.
Nonetheless, the Kundun deliberately prefers to leave such esoteric speculations (which are in no way
at odds with his doctrine) to others, best of all “hobby Buddhists” like the author. So as not to lose
political respectability, the Kundun keeps his statements about the Shambhala question enigmatic:
“Even for me Shambhala remains a puzzling, even paradox country”, the highest Kalachakra master
reassures his listeners (Levenson, 1992, p. 305). All that we hear from him concretely is the statement
that “the kingdom of Shambhala does indeed exist, but not in the usual sense” (Dalai Lama
Fourteenth, 1993a, p. 307).
Can we expect a total world war in circa 300 years in accordance with the prophecy? His Holiness has
no doubts about this either: “That lies in the logic of circulation!” (Levenson, 1992, p. 305). But then
he modifies his statement again and speculates about whether the final battle is not to be interpreted as
a psychological process within the individual. For dreamers for whom such a psychological
interpretation is too dry, however, the Kundun subsequently hints that Shambhala could perhaps
concern another planet and the soldiers of the kingdom could be extraterrestrials (Levenson, 1992, p.
305).
He understands how to rapidly switch between various levels of reality like a juggler and thus further
enhance the occult ambience which already surrounds the Shambhala myth anyway. „Secrets partly
revealed are powerful”, writes Christiaan Klieger, and continues, „The ability of the Dalai Lama to
skillfully manipulate a complex of meaning and to present appropriate segments of this to his people
and the world is part of his success as a leader” (Klieger, 1991, p. 76). Ultimately, everything is
possible in this deliberate confusion, for example that the Shambhala king in person stands before us
in the figure of His Holiness as some worshippers believe, or that Lhasa is the capital of the mythic
country of “Kalapa” albeit not visible to mortal eyes. Should the Kundun some day return to Tibet as
a savior — some people believe — then the veil would be lifted and the earthly/supernatural kingdom
(Shambhala) would reveal itself to the world.
Similar speculations are in fact very popular in the Buddhist scene. On the official (!) homepage of
the Kalachakra Tantra the “dharma master”, Khamtrul Rinpoche, explains to his readers that the
current Dalai Lama is an incarnation of Kulika Pundarika, the eighth Shambhala king famed as the
first commentator on the Time Tantra. But it gets better: “My companion [the goddess Tara, who led
him through Shambhala in a dream]", Khamtrul writes, “told me that the last Kulika King will be
called Rudra with a wheel, 'the powerful and ferocious king who holds an iron wheel in his hand' ...
and he will be none other than His Holiness the Dalai Lama, who will subdue everything evil in the
universe” (Khamtrul, HPI 005). Following this revelation, which prophecies the Kundun as the
military commander of an apocalyptic army, Rinpoche worries whether the Shambhala army is a
match for the modern armaments industry with its missiles and nuclear bombs. Here the kindly Tara
comforts and reassures him that no matter what weapons of mass destruction may be produced in our
world, a superior counter-weapon would automatically be created by Shambhala’s magic armaments