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[[Image:Kalachakra_mantra.JPG|frame|Root Mantra of Kālachakra transliterated in Tibetan using Sogyal Rinpoche's calligraphy]]
[[Image:Kalachakra_mantra.JPG|frame|Root Mantra of Kālachakra transliterated in Tibetan using Sogyal Rinpoche's calligraphy]]


haṃ kṣhaḥ ma la va ra ya
haṃ kṣhaḥ ma la wa ra ya




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# y

Revision as of 23:41, 13 June 2007

Root Mantra of Kālachakra transliterated in Tibetan using Sogyal Rinpoche's calligraphy

haṃ kṣhaḥ ma la wa ra ya


The ten letters of the root mantra of Kālachakra are:

  1. h
  2. kṣh
  3. m
  4. l
  5. w
  6. r
  7. y
  8. the visārga in kṣhaḥ, which features as the cresent below the anusvāra
  9. the anusvāra in haṃ
  10. the vowel a, which is the "life" of the consonants.