Talk:Shambhala
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[edit] Another book
The book "Frost of Heaven" by Jonius Podrug follows the central characters as they search for the secret valley of Shambala, hidden somewhere in the Himalayas, and is worth adding to the list. You can read a plot synopsis from Publisher Weekly at Amazon, using the following link: http://www.amazon.com/Frost-Heaven-Junius-Podrug/dp/0812555058.
—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 192.236.20.43 (talk) 23:41, 28 February 2007 (UTC). Is this article still consired a stub? Seems pretty complete to me.
- I agree. Removing stubs.
[edit] Recent Edits
I removed much of the recent edits. The Kalachakra article deals with the origins of that tradition. Sylvain1972 19:30, 4 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Starting new page
I'd like help from all at this page because the Shambala kingdom is based upon the Kalachakra and at Kalachakra, backstabbing and wonton vandalism is the norm. I need people to watch my back when I'm out cold and can vouch for my safety against cowardly attacks from in back. Come on over to New Kalachakra and let's roll. I need to send a message to the vandals that the game is over now.Geir Smith 17:26, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
- You are the vandal Geir. You have no idea how wikipedia works. You label changes minor edits that are not minor at all. You write long passages in broken English that are incomprehensible to anyone but yourself. You have been forthright about your intention to use wikipedia as a venue for publishing original research, regardless of the fact that that is expressly forbidden. Your decision to start an article called "New Kalachakra," which you will presumably treat as an avenue to publish whatever you want, is a perfect example of your total disregard for the conventions of wikipedia. Sylvain1972 19:38, 7 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Funny stuff
This stuff is awfully sketchy and looks like it's either fiction or gross exaggeration:
Beginning in the 1960s, various occult writers have sought to explain the evil of Nazism by suggesting Adolf Hitler tapped into the malevolent forces of Shambhala when he sent Ahnenerbe researchers to Tibet to measure Tibetan skulls as part of his master race justifications. In Neo-Nazi mysticism, Shambhala is sometimes supposed to be the place to which Hitler fled after the fall of the Third Reich. Hitler was known to have an interest in the myth of Shambhala and in "eastern mysticism" generally, from which he appropriated the swastika. It is also believed that Josef Stalin organized an expedition to find Shambhala.
If this is merely stated as the opinion of "various occult writers", then it should really be stated who they are. I'm deleting until some verification is provided. RandomCritic 05:30, 26 May 2006 (UTC)
[edit] meditation
should this entry say anything about Shambhala Meditation centers? They are all over the world teaching tibetan buddhism.
[edit] Another film
There's a recent sci-fi film starring Jude Law that ventures into Shambhala. The actual title escapes me at the moment, but it's worth adding to the humble list already there.
The movie is "Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow", http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0346156/.
[edit] kulika or kalkin
The name for the king of Shambhala (but Sambhala in Sanskrit manuscripts!) "kulika" has unfortunately gained currency. This is in fact a reconstruction from Tibetan Rigs-ldan, as far as I know going all the way back to Csoma de Koros and then reinforced by Roerich's translation of the Blue Annals. In fact, the form which appears in Sanskrit is Kalkin, or the Nominative Kalkī (long i) - cf. the Calcutta edition of the Kālacakratantra or its commentary, the Vimalaprabhā (so far only in a single edition, from Sarnath). I think this should be changed.
