But the stone's magical allure proved an irresistible draw to those who sought to possess it for their own evil designs. So the guardians of the stone, in their unselfish wisdom, devised a plan to prevent such power from ever being in the hands of a single man. They split the stone into three pieces. Then each supernatural fragment was secretly placed in the trusted hands of a great warrior and carried to the far reaches of the earth. The price of sacrifice was high for the kingdom of Shambhala. With the Baton of Shambhala no longer imbued with the mystical stone's power, the ills of life once held at bay suddenly began to eat away at Shambhala's cocoon of hidden paradise. The city’s hardy citizens held onto life for ten languishing years before the Angel of Death finally claimed the city with an undiscriminating scourge of disease.
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The Secret of Shambhala: In Search of the Eleventh Insight. The Secret of Shambhala: In Search of the Eleventh Insight is the third book in The Celestine Prophecy series by James Redfield. Plot summary[edit] The true story is set in the mountains of Tibet in search of the mythical place called Shambhala (also known as Shangri-La), accessible only by raising one's spiritual attunement to a high enough level. Among other things, the book touches on the concept of prayer energy and heaven and earth coming together. The concept can be experienced universally, when each of us raises this love.
Characters[edit] John Woodson The main character. Bill Natalie's father. Natalie Bill's daughter, who sets John out on his journey through Tibet. Wilson James (Wil) A steadfast character in The Celestine Prophecy, and in The Tenth Insight: Holding the Vision. Yin Doloe Wil sent Yin to meet John as he goes to Tibet. Jampa A friend of Yin's. Lama Rigden The protagonists visit him for more information about the whereabouts of Wil. Tashi Ani's son. Locations[edit] Shambhala Myth and Mystery. Hang in there sky it is a huge subject and very obscured. i'm dedicated to it at the moment, am researching and getting facts together, but i have limited time only. my thoughts still wander around the spiritual aspect of shambala. it is said that only the most pure at heart and most enlightened have access to it. and to that shambala land in mongolia is the closest thing that it can get to. shambala land is a holy place in the gobi. for a long time there was a monastery called Khamar of the red hat system. i think. but maybe it was founded by this man: the russian communists destroyed nearly every monastery in mongolia during their stay. of course khamar was amongst them. today khamar is getting rebuilt by devotees to the newly emerging buddhist movement. mongolians still think of him as their saint and call that part of the gobi 'sambala'. danzanravjaa.org... and a great site how this beautiful place in the middle of the gobi looks like today.
The Story of Shambhala | The First Gates. "Song of Shambhala" by Nicholas Roerich, 1943 The fictional earthly paradise of Shangri-La, discussed in my previous post, derives from early Buddhist teachings about Shambhala, a remote realm of advanced spiritual practitioners. Shambhala is discussed in the Kalachakra Tantra, which Shakyamuni Buddha is said to have taught the Shambhala King, Dawa Sangpo, and 96 lesser rulers, over 2500 years ago. The King taught all the citizens, since this practice leads to rapid enlightenment, which he hoped would enable them to withstand a threatened invasion.
This is the same “Kalachakra for World Peace,” that the Dalai Lama conferred last July in Washington, DC. “World Peace,” does not mean it makes one a blessed-out pacifist. Kalachakra means, “Wheel of Time,” and explores the cycles that affect individuals and the world at large. Kalachraka Mandala In common with the older Hindu epic, The Mahabharata, the warfare described in this teaching has inner and outer dimensions. Like this: Like Loading... Shambhala / Shangri-la. Of all the countries in the Far East, Tibet has perhaps the greatest aura of mysticism. For many Westerners "Shangri-La" exists somewhere in the far reaches of the Tibetan Himalayas. These are all lost kingdoms of sorts - and some get the myths mixed up, whether by accident or by design, resulting in a kind of mythological stew.
Some of the ancient texts describing the Zhang Zhung kingdom also claim the Sutlej valley near Mount Kailas was Shambhala, from which James Hilton derived "Shangri La". When Padmasambhava introduced Buddhism to Tibet in the 7th century, he incorporated into the new Buddhist doctrine many of the older folk beliefs and teachings of the Bon religion of Tibet practiced before his arrival. The Bka-agyur (sounded Kan-gyur in Tibetan) and the Bstan-agyur (pronounced Ten-gyur) are assuredly the classics of Tibetan literature. The Sita is one of the four mighty rivers of the Hindu mythological geography, into which the Ganges breaks after falling upon earth. In Search of Shambhala. Shambhala: Myths and Reality. Alexander BerzinMoscow, Russia, June 2010 Unedited Transcript Listen to the audio version of this page (1:10 hours): Download the audio file Thank you very much for that kind introduction.
I’m very happy to be here. The Earliest Accounts of Shambhala When we hear the word Shambhala it conjures up all sorts of romantic images and associations for many people. Then a number of centuries later we find Shambhala again, in Buddhist literature, specifically in a group of material known as the Kalachakra texts. Shambhala in the Teachings of the Theosophical Society So we’ll look a little more deeply, a little bit later in our talk, about further levels of meaning of Shambhala in the Buddhist teachings.
So the first time that we have anything written in a European language about Shambhala was in 1833. And it’s at this time that Madame Blavatsky goes to India, and this was the only source of information that she had about Shambhala from European sources. Shambhala Identified with Russia. Don Croner’s World Wide Wanders: Tibet | Kailash | Shambhala | Kalki. Kailas. Undefined Click Here to View...TABLE OF CONTENTS Email....okarresearch@gmail.com KAILAS region: Khyunglung Naljor (Silver Palace of the Garuda Valley), the ruins of the ancient Shang Shung capital (?)
Are located at the base of Mt Kailas in the Sutleg Valley. "Until the eighth century, the country of Zhang-zhung had been an independent kingdom with its own language and culture. Gekhöd -(ge khod ) - a category of Bön deity. "A glimpse into ancient Persian cosmology is the royal city of Hagmatan (Hamadan, Agbatana, Ekbatana)[50E 32N] built in 800 BC by King Deioces (Daiukku) of the Medes.
"The encircling walls of the royal city had an array of colors. Until the seventh century, Zhang-zhung existed as a separate state which comprised the land to the west of the Central Tibetan Provinces of U and Tsang and generally known as Western Tibet. "The land of Shambhala lies north of the Tarum River. "