The Spiritual Kingdom of Shambala from the Religious Views

Shambala, also spelled as Shambhala or Shamballa, is a realm that was mentioned in several ancient literatures. According to those literatures, there is a country in Shambala, ruled by a king. All people in Shambala are practicing Kalachakra (time wheel), a Buddhism religion. Nonetheless, there are no modern records to testify where it is. Currently, it is deemed as a spiritual kingdom, imagined by religious people. Shambala is mentioned in the Kalachakra Tantra as well as other religious books. For example, the Bon scriptures mention a closely re-lated land called Tagzig Olmo Lung Ring. Around 17th century, Europeans got to know the name of Shambala. Since then, the beliefs of Shambala have been there for centuries and spread widely in Western. Nowadays, there are hundreds of organizations named themselves as Shambala...... It is believed to be a physical place by some learned scholars. After all, where is Shambala? We can find some clues and its legendary history from the religious points of views. The formal nomenclature for Shambala is literately translated as the Shambala Illu-sory Continent. In addition, the author did not agree with some ideas that the Shambala is just a small village, but proposed that Shambala is not on our earth but is in outer space. There could be special (time-space) connecting tunnels. This is why it has not been physically discov-ered yet

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