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Tantra: Encyclopedia - Tantra
Tantra (Sanskrit: loom), tantric yoga or tantrism is any of several esoteric traditions rooted in the religions of India. It exists in Hi...
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Tantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Tantra - Hindu Tantra
Tantra exists in Vaisnava, Shaiva, and Shakta forms, among others. Extolled as a short-cut to self-realization and spiritual enlightenmen...
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Tantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Tantra - Tantra In The Modern World
Tantra is used in the West, as a general term which relates to sexual practice as a spiritual evolutionary scheme. There are in fact many...
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Tantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Tantra - Tantric Practices
Because of the wide range of groups covered by the term "tantra", it is hard to describe tantric practices definitively. The basic practi...
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Tantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Tantra - Tibetan Tantra
In Tibetan Buddhism tantra (also known as Vajrayana) plays a central role, and is universally acknowledged as constituting the highest te...
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Tantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Tantra - History Of Tantra
Legend ascribes the origin of Tantra to Dattatreya, a semi-mythical Hindu yogi and the assumed author of the Jivanmukta Gita ("Song of th...
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Tantra: Encyclopedia Ii - Tantra - New Age Tantra Or Neo Tantra
New Age appropriations of tantra usually disregard requirements involving guruparampara and ritual conduct, though they otherwise adopt m...
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