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'''Magical Net''' ([[sgyu 'phrul drva ba]]), [[mayajala]]. A collective term for the manifestations of enlightenment to tame whoever needs in whichever way is necessary.  
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'''Kalachakra''' ([[dus kyi 'khor lo]]). '[[Wheel of Time]].' A tantra and a Vajrayana system taught by Buddha Shakyamuni himself, showing the interrelationship between the phenomenal world, the physical body and the mind.
  
In particular, it refers to
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[[Category:Tantric Deities]]
 
 
*the various divinities and [[vidyadharas]] who are manifestations of [[Guru Rinpoche]], or
 
*to a collection of tantric scriptures belonging chiefly to [[Mahayoga]].
 

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Kalachakra (dus kyi 'khor lo). 'Wheel of Time.' A tantra and a Vajrayana system taught by Buddha Shakyamuni himself, showing the interrelationship between the phenomenal world, the physical body and the mind.