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""This book describes the symbolism, architectural design, and the multi-dimensional experience of the mandala. Such exquisite detail will be appreciated by scholars for its historical importance, artists for its representation of the mandala in both 2D drawings and 3D constructs, and perhaps most essentially, by Kalachakra practitioners for its instruction on how the vivid resplendence of the mandala is performatively visualized in their mind's eye.""--Michael R. Sheehy, director of scholarship at the Contemplative Sciences Center, research assistant professor in Tibetan Buddhist studies in the Department of Religious Studies, and affiliated faculty at the Tibet Center at the University of Virginia ""No modern scholar mastered the Kalacakra material with its complex technical details more thoroughly than Edward Henning, who shared his broad and profound knowledge in the present publication. Kalachakra Mandala: The Jonang Tradition covers a wide range of topics, from the symbolism of the mandala and its role in empowerment to more technical issues such as measurements and terms unique to this tantric system. It is a must-read for everybody interested in tantric Buddhism.""--Klaus-Dieter Mathes, head of the Department of South Asian, Tibetan, and Buddhist Studies at the University of Vienna ""This work will be of interest not only to scholars and practitioners of the Kalacakratantra but also to art historians interested in the comparative study of the kalacakramandala paintings.""--Vesna Wallace, professor of South and Central Asian religions at the University of California at Santa Barbara

"""This book describes the symbolism, architectural design, and the multi-dimensional experience of the mandala. Such exquisite detail will be appreciated by scholars for its historical importance, artists for its representation of the mandala in both 2D drawings and 3D constructs, and perhaps most essentially, by Kalachakra practitioners for its instruction on how the vivid resplendence of the mandala is performatively visualized in their mind's eye.""--Michael R. Sheehy, director of scholarship at the Contemplative Sciences Center, research assistant professor in Tibetan Buddhist studies in the Department of Religious Studies, and affiliated faculty at the Tibet Center at the University of Virginia ""No modern scholar mastered the Kalacakra material with its complex technical details more thoroughly than Edward Henning, who shared his broad and profound knowledge in the present publication. Kalachakra Mandala: The Jonang Tradition covers a wide range of topics, from the symbolism of the mandala and its role in empowerment to more technical issues such as measurements and terms unique to this tantric system. It is a must-read for everybody interested in tantric Buddhism.""--Klaus-Dieter Mathes, head of the Department of South Asian, Tibetan, and Buddhist Studies at the University of Vienna ""This work will be of interest not only to scholars and practitioners of the Kalacakratantra but also to art historians interested in the comparative study of the kalacakramandala paintings.""--Vesna Wallace, professor of South and Central Asian religions at the University of California at Santa Barbara"

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Edward Henning (1949-2016) was a leading Western authority on Kalachakra, having studied for decades with Tibetan masters of the Jonang tradition in particular. A mathematician by profession with an interest in computer programming and journalism, Henning applied his expertise to Tibetan calendrical systems with Kalacakra and the Tibetan Calendar (AIBS 2007). Some of his essays on Kalachakra and related topics remain available at his website, www.kalacakra.org.

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