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In Search for a New Orthodoxy: The Middle Path of the Kālacakr

In order to effectively meet the new sociocultural challenges thathad arisen around the eve of the second millennium (first of allthe Islamic invasion in the Northern India and the revival of theBrahmanical traditions), the first authors of the Kālacakra sought toestablish, within a consistent framework, a new Buddhist orthodoxyand to close the Buddhist ranks around the undisputed authorityof the monastic community. With a particular emphasis on doctrines,the lecture will examine the strategies adopted by the first Kālacakramasters (in particular Pundarika, Vajrapani, Vajragarbha, Naropa,Ravisrijñana and Abhayakaragupta) in order to define andcharacterize Buddhist Tantrism as a whole and in particular the Kalacakra school incomparison with other Buddhist and non- Buddhist traditions.

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