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Shambala, el antiguo hogar de Sanat Kumara y Gautama Buda, se encuentra en el reino etérico, sobre el desierto de Gobi, en China. Este retiro, en su día físico, ha sido desde entonces retirado a la octava etérica, o mundo celestial.

Establishment of the retreat

El retiro fue construido originalmente para Sanat Kumara, jerarca de Venus, que hace mucho tiempo vino en la hora más oscura de la Tierra, cuando toda la luz había desaparecido en sus evoluciones y no quedaba ni un sólo individuo en el planeta que ofreciera adoración a la Presencia Divina o el Buda Interior. Sanat Kumara fue acompañado en esta misión por un grupo de ciento cuarenta y cuatro mil almas de luz que, junto con él, se habían ofrecido para guardar la llama de la vida por la gente de la Tierra. Prometieron hacer esto hasta que los niños de Dios, que habían sido desviados de su primer amor por los ángeles caídos, respondieran al amor de Dios y de nuevo se dirigieran a servir a su poderosa Presencia YO SOY.

Una vanguardia formada por cuatrocientos fue delante de Sanat Kumara para construir, en la Isla Blanca sobre el mar de Gobi de brillante azul (donde actualmente está el desierto de Gobi) el magnífico retiro que se habría de convertir para siempre en el legendario Shambala. En su origen, la ciudad era una réplica física de la ciudad venusina de los Kumaras. Los voluntarios de Venus concentraron allí las ciento cuarenta y cuatro virtudes de las llamas de los elementos, componiendo una réplica diamantina del foco en el Gran Eje. A la «Ciudad Blanca» se accedía desde el continente por un hermoso puente de mármol.

Assuming the office of Lord of the World, Sanat Kumara resided in this physical retreat but he did not take on a physical body such as the bodies we wear today. Later it became expedient to its protection that Shamballa be withdrawn from the physical plane to the etheric octave.

Description

El templo principal de Shambala está marcado por una cúpula dorada y está rodeado por terrazas, fuentes de llama y siete templos –uno por cada uno de los siete rayos–, situados sobre una ancha avenida parecida a los Campos Elíseos, bordeada de árboles y flores, fuentes de llama y pájaros tropicales, como el azulejo de la felicidad. El altar de la llama trina se encuentra en el templo principal, donde la estrella de Sanat Kumara cuelga del techo sobre el altar. Este foco, el principal de la llama trina en el planeta, fue establecido por Sanat Kumara cuando llegó, hace mucho tiempo. A través de él conectó un rayo desde su corazón con todas las corrientes de vida que evolucionaban en el planeta, ayudando así a sus Santos Seres Crísticos a elevar la conciencia de la humanidad y devolverla a un punto en el que se les pudiera enseñar las leyes de la maestría propia.

In past ages, people would come each year from many miles to witness the visible, physical sacred fire and to take home a piece of wood consecrated by Sanat Kumara to light their fires through the coming year. Thus began the tradition of the Yule log, commemorating the return to the fire of Christhood.

Functions of the retreat

Sanat Kumara founded the activities of the Great White Brotherhood on the planetary level, and their headquarters remain here today. Here the masters train messengers to go forth with the teachings of the Christ, adapted to every level of human consciousness. Each year the fruits of all endeavors made by angels, elementals and representatives of the Brotherhood in the world of form are returned to Shamballa in the Fall and are brought to the feet of the Lord of the World. The angels come on Saint Michael’s day, September 29th. The elementals come at the end of October and representatives of the Brotherhood at the end of November, when in America the feast of gratitude is celebrated at Thanksgiving.

Shamballa in the legends of the East

In the legends of the East, Shamballa is the name of a mythical kingdom, an earthly paradise, said to exist somewhere between the Himalayas and the Gobi desert. Ancient Tibetan texts describe the kingdom as a beautiful place in an inaccessible part of Asia, formed of eight regions, each surrounded by a ring of snow-capped mountains and therefore looking like an eight-petaled blossom. It is an idyllic country free of strife and crime, whose inhabitants have attained great spiritual development and powers.

The kingdom of Shamballa plays a central role in Tibetan Buddhism. Author Edwin Bernbaum writes that the sacred texts of the Tibetans speak of Shamballa as

... a mystical kingdom hidden behind snow peaks somewhere north of Tibet. There a line of enlightened kings is supposed to be guarding the most secret teachings of Buddhism for a time when all truth in the world outside is lost in war and the lust for power and wealth. Then, according to prophecy, a future King of Shamballa will come out with a great army to destroy the forces of evil and bring in a golden age. Under his enlightened rule, the world will become, at last, a place of peace and plenty, filled with the riches of wisdom and compassion.

The texts add that a long and mystical journey across a wilderness of deserts and mountains leads to Shamballa. Whoever manages to reach this distant sanctuary, having overcome numerous hardships and obstacles along the way, will find there a secret teaching that will enable him to master time and liberate himself from its bondage. The texts warn, however, that only those who are called and have the necessary spiritual preparation will be able to get to Shamballa; others will find only blinding storms and empty mountains—or even death.

Tibetans believe Shambhala still exists today as an earthly paradise from which will issue the golden age of the future. The Dalai Lama, the exiled ruler of Tibet, feels that the kingdom has a material existence in this world, but that one must reach an advanced level of spiritual attainment to find or recognize it. Other Tibetans see recent events, in particular the destruction of much of Buddhism in Tibet and elsewhere in Asia, as indications that the future king of Shambhala will soon come out of his hidden sanctuary to defeat the forces of materialism and establish a golden age of spirituality....

An old story tells of a young man who sets off in search of the mythical kingdom. After crossing many mountains, he comes to the cave of an old hermit, who asks where he is going. “To find Shambhala,” the young man replies. “Ah! Well then, you need not travel far,” the hermit says. “The kingdom of Shambhala is in your heart.” As the story suggests, for many Tibetans Shambhala lies hidden as a state of mind that must be awakened so that the kingdom can be found in the world outside.

Hierarchs of the retreat

Gautama Buddha was the first initiate to serve under Sanat Kumara, hence the one chosen to succeed him in the office of Lord of the World. On January 1, 1956, Sanat Kumara placed his mantle on Lord Gautama, whereupon the chela par excellence of the Great Guru also became the hierarch of Shamballa. Today, Gautama Buddha sustains the tie to the threefold flames of all mankind. It will be sustained until each individual makes his ascension in the light.

Sanat Kumara, retaining the title of Regent Lord of the World, returned to Venus and to his twin flame, Lady Master Venus, who had kept the home fires burning during his long exile. There he continued his service with the Great White Brotherhood and the advanced evolutions of his home star on behalf of planet Earth.

See also

Western Shamballa

Sources

Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet, The Masters and Their Retreats, s.v. “Shamballa.”

Mark L. Prophet and Elizabeth Clare Prophet, The Masters and Their Retreats, s.v. “Sanat Kumara.”

Pearls of Wisdom, vol. 32, no. 30, July 23, 1989.