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Motifs consisted of two classes: the first type being simple geometric motifs such as the checkerboard and gau ( amulet ) design that probably formed part of an ancient Tibetan design repertoire, mingled with medallion designs and other motifs derived from Chinese decorative traditions.

Varela became a Tibetan Buddhist in the 1970s, initially studying, together with Keun-Tshen Goba, with the meditation master Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, founder of Vajradhatu and Shambhala Training, and later with Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche, a Nepalese meditation master of higher tantras.

Followers of Tibetan Buddhism have preserved the Kalachakra Tantra in which " Kalkin " is a title of 25 rulers of the mystical realm of Shambhala.

Recognized both by Tibetan Buddhists and by other spiritual practitioners and scholars as a preeminent teacher of Tibetan Buddhism, he was a major, albeit controversial, figure in the dissemination of Tibetan Buddhism to the West, founding Vajradhatu and Naropa University and establishing the Shambhala Training method.

The concept is similar to Tibetan mystical land of Shambhala.

In Tibetan Buddhist and Indian Buddhist traditions, Shambhala ( also spelled Shambala or Shamballa ; Tibetan: བད ེ་ འབ ྱུ ང ་; Wylie: bde ' byung, pron.

Chögyam Trungpa, a Tibetan Buddhist lama, used the " Shambhala " name for certain of his teachings, practices, and organizations ( e. g. Shambhala Training, Shambhala International, Shambhala Publications ), referring to the root of human goodness and aspiration.

The late 20th century Tibetan Buddhist master Chogyam Trungpa incorporated variants of many of the elements above, particularly windhorse, drala, the four animals ( which he called " dignities "), wangtang, lha, nyen and lu, into a secular system of teachings he called Shambhala Training.

Agartha is frequently associated or confused with Shambhala, which figures prominently in Vajrayana Buddhism and Tibetan Kalachakra teachings and revived in the West by Blavatsky and the Theosophical Society.

A lineage was also transmitted from Kobun Chino Roshi to the Tibetan Buddhist sangha of Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche and is now practiced at all Shambhala retreat centers.

It is named for Shambhala, a mystical kingdom hidden somewhere beyond the snowpeaks of the Himalayas in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition.

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The term Shambhala Buddhism was introduced by Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche in the year 2000 to describe his presentation of the Shambhala teachings, originally conceived by Chögyam Trungpa as secular practices for achieving enlightened society, in concert with the Tibetan Buddhist Kagyu and Nyingma lineages.

The Shambhala Buddhist sangha expresses this vision largely within Tibetan Buddhist concepts, terms, and practices, continuing its ties to contemporary Kagyu and Nyingma lineage holders, among them His Holiness the Karmapa ( Ogyen Trinley Dorje ), H. H.

Gesar of Ling, a mythical Tibetan king, is also an important figure to Shambhala Buddhists, to whom he represents an example of enlightened wisdom manifesting in the world as a leader.

As a result of this influence, certain attributes of form in Shambhala Buddhism are derived from Zen rather than Tibetan Buddhism.

The shrine rooms in Shambhala Buddhism, reflecting the Zen aesthetic of kanso ( simplicity ), tend to be sparsely furnished and decorated, whereas traditional Tibetan Buddhist shrine rooms are elaborate, ornate, and colorful.

Shambhala Buddhism holds various meditation techniques of traditional Tibetan Buddhist lineages, including shamatha / vipashyana, zazen, madhayamaka, mahamudra and Dzogchen, tonglen, Lojong, Lujong, traditional yidam practices such as Vajrayogini, Chakrasamvara, Vajrakilaya, Jambhala, Gesar, Tara, Manjushri, and Vajrasattva.