Editing Kalki (section)

===Buddhist texts===
[[File:The 25 kings of Shambhala.jpg|alt=The 25 Kalki, who are Kings of Shambala, are surrounding a Yidam (meditation deity), located in the middle. The first top two middle rows has seated representations of Tsongkhapa, dressed in orange/yellow. This originates from the scriptures that are part of the Indo-Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhist tradition.|thumb|The central figure is a [[Yidam]], a meditation deity. The 25 seated figures represent the [[Kings of Shambhala|25 Kings Of Shambhala]]. The middle figure in the top row represents [[Je Tsongkhapa|Tsongkhapa]], who is in the top two middle rows. This comes from the scriptures that is part of the [[Tibet|Indo-Tibetan]] [[Vajrayana|Vajrayana Buddhist Tradition]].]]
In the Buddhist Text ''[[Kalachakra|Kalachakra Tantra]]'', the [[Kings of Shambhala|righteous kings]] are called Kalki (Kalkin, lit. chieftain) living in [[Shambhala|Sammu]]. There are many Kalki in this text, each fighting barbarism, persecution and chaos. The last Kalki is called "Rudra Cakrin" and is predicted to end the chaos and degeneration by assembling a large army to eradicate a barbarian army.<ref name="Lopez2015p202" /><ref name="Perry2017p220" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Urban Hammar. - Studies in The Kalacakra Tantra - A History of The Kalacakra in Tibet and A Study of The Concept of Adibuddha, The Fourth Body of The Buddha and The Supreme Un-Changing PDF {{!}} PDF {{!}} Tibetan Buddhism {{!}} Vajrayana|url=https://www.scribd.com/document/456921039/Urban-Hammar-Studies-in-the-Kalacakra-Tantra-A-History-of-the-Kalacakra-in-Tibet-and-a-Study-of-the-Concept-of-Adibuddha-the-Fourth-Body-of-the|access-date=2021-10-06|website=Scribd|language=en}}</ref> A great war, which will include an army of both Hindus and Buddhists, will destroy the barbaric forces, states the text.<ref name="Lopez2015p202" /><ref name="Perry2017p220" /><ref name="Dahla2006p90">[a] {{cite book|author=Björn Dahla|title=Exercising Power: The Role of Religions in Concord and Conflict|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i_rWAAAAMAAJ|year=2006|publisher=Donner Institute for Research in Religious and Cultural History|isbn=978-952-12-1811-8|pages=90–91}}, '''Quote:''' "(...) the Shambala-bodhisattva-king [Cakravartin Kalkin] and his army will defeat and destroy the enemy army, the barbarian Muslim army and their religion, in a kind of Buddhist Armadgeddon. Thereafter Buddhism will prevail.";<br>[b] {{cite book|author=David Burton|title=Buddhism: A Contemporary Philosophical Investigation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=phddDgAAQBAJ&pg=PT193 |year=2017|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=978-1-351-83859-7|page=193}}<br>[c] {{cite book|author=Johan Elverskog |editor=Anna Akasoy|display-editors=etal|title=Islam and Tibet: Interactions Along the Musk Routes|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZfWXIfbynwYC&pg=PA293 |year=2011|publisher=Ashgate Publishing |isbn=978-0-7546-6956-2|pages=293–310}}</ref> This is most likely borrowed from Hinduism to Buddhism due to the arrival of Islamic kingdoms from the west to the east, mainly settled in [[Tibet|West Tibet]], [[Central Asia]] and the [[Indian subcontinent|Indian Subcontinent]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Newman|first=John|date=2015|title=Buddhism in Practice|series=Princeton readings in religions |url=https://library.villanova.edu/Find/Record/554047/TOC|page=203|publisher=Princeton Univ. Press |edition=Abridged}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sopa|first=Lhundub|title=The Wheel of Time: Kalachakra in Context|url=https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258363.The_Wheel_of_Time|pages=83 to 84, with note 4}}</ref> According to Donald Lopez – a [[professor]] of [[Buddhist studies|Buddhist Studies]], Kalki is predicted to start the new cycle of perfect era where "Buddhism will flourish, people will live long, happy lives and righteousness will reign supreme".<ref name="Lopez2015p202" /> The text is significant in establishing the chronology of the Kalki idea to be from post-7th century, probably the 9th or 10th century.<ref name="JIN2017p49">{{cite book|author=Yijiu JIN|title=Islam|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q-PzDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA49|year=2017|publisher=BRILL Academic|isbn=978-90-474-2800-8|pages=49–52}}</ref> Lopez states that the Buddhist text likely borrowed it from Hindu vedic texts.<ref name="Lopez2015p202">{{cite book|author=Donald S. Lopez Jr.|title=Buddhism in Practice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zaC4CgAAQBAJ&pg=PA202 |year=2015|publisher=Princeton University Press|isbn=978-1-4008-8007-2|pages=202–204}}</ref><ref name="Perry2017p220">{{cite book|author=Perry Schmidt-Leukel|title=Religious Pluralism and Interreligious Theology: The Gifford Lectures |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ir3zDQAAQBAJ&pg=PT221 |year=2017|publisher=Orbis|isbn=978-1-60833-695-1|pages=220–222}}</ref> Other scholars, such as Yijiu Jin, state that the text originated in Central Asia in the 10th-century, and Tibetan literature picked up a version of it in India around 1027 CE.<ref name="JIN2017p49" />