In both Shaivism and Buddhism, Kalachakra is not merely time moving forward. It is time arising within awareness. A cosmic feedback loop where past, present, and future politely pretend they are separate.

Shiva calls it his playground.

Buddha calls it a mandala.

Same mechanism. Different robes.

This association with wisdom also appears in the name Buddha, which appears as a name of Ganesha in the second verse of the Ganesha Purana version of the Ganesha Sahasranama.[34] The positioning of this name at the beginning of the Ganesha Sahasranama indicates that the name was of importance. Bhaskararaya's commentary on the Ganesha Sahasranama... See more