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The processes and rituals of becoming a sadhu vary with sect; in almost all sects, a sadhu is initiated by a guru, who bestows upon the initiate a new name, as well as a mantra (or sacred sound or phrase), which is generally known only to the sadhu and the guru and may be repeated by the initiate as part of meditative practice.
Shava sadhana is regarded as one of Tantra's most important, most difficult and most secret rituals. Tantric texts as well as oral tales detail the process of the ritual and also tell its importance. The purpose of practicing the ritual range from knowledge, propitiating a deity, material motives, even dark objectives to gaining control over ...
A swami's name has a dual significance, representing the attainment of supreme bliss through some divine quality or state (i.e. love, wisdom, service, yoga), and through a harmony with the infinite vastness of nature, expressed in one of the ten subdivision names: Giri (mountain), Puri (tract), Bhāratī (land), Vana (forest), Āraṇya (forest ...
Ritual purification (of idols, of one's body, etc.) Ritual sacrifice, including animal sacrifice; Singing of hymns of praise (stava) Sexual yoga: ritual sexual union (with an actual physical consort or an imagined deity) The acquisition and use of siddhis or supernormal powers. Associated with vamachara ('left-hand path')
The tantric rituals are called "sādhana". Some of the well known sādhana-s are: śāva sādhana (sādhanā done while visualizing sitting on a corpse). śmaśāna sādhana (sādhana done while visualizing being in a crematorium or cremation ground). pañca-muṇḍa sādhana (sādhana done while visualizing sitting on a seat of five skulls).
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[E]xternal ritual and internal sādhanā form an indistinguishable whole, and this unity finds its most pregnant expression in the form of the mandala, the sacred enclosure consisting of concentric squares and circles drawn on the ground and representing that adamantine plane of being on which the aspirant to Buddhahood wishes to establish ...
Moreover, sexual fluids may be viewed as power substances and used for ritual purposes, either externally or internally. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The actual terms used in the classical texts to refer to this practice include " Karmamudra " ( Tibetan : ལས་ཀྱི་ཕྱག་རྒྱ las kyi phyag rgya , "action seal") in Buddhist tantras and ...