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Tantra (/ ˈ t ʌ n t r ə /; Sanskrit: तन्त्र, lit. 'expansion-device, salvation-spreader; loom, weave, warp') is an esoteric yogic tradition that developed on the Indian subcontinent from the middle of the 1st millennium CE onwards in both Hinduism and Buddhism. [1]
Penetrating the Secret Essence Tantra: Context and Philosophy in the Mahayoga System of rNying-ma Tantra. [full citation needed] Keown, Damien, ed. (2003). A Dictionary of Buddhism. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860560-9. Kongtrül, Jamgön (2005). The Treasury of Knowledge, Book Six, Part Four Systems of Buddhist Tantra ...
In Hindu Tantra, Maithuna is the most important of the five makara (five tantric substances) and constitutes the main part of the Grand Ritual of Tantra variously known as Panchamakara, Panchatattva, and Tattva Chakra. In Tibetan Buddhism, karmamudra is often an important part of the completion stage of tantric practice.
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Charles Muir is a tantra teacher described as "one of the originators of the modern tantra movement" in the United States. [1] [2] [3] He has taught tantra since the 1980s under the title "The Art of Conscious Loving". His first book was Tantra: The Art of Conscious Loving (1989). [4] He developed the method "sacred spot massage".
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Maithuna (Devanagari: मैथुन) is a Sanskrit term for sexual intercourse within Tantra (Tantric sex), or alternatively for the sexual fluids generated or the couple participating in the ritual. [1] [2] It is the most important of the Panchamakara and constitutes the main part of the grand ritual of Tantra also known as Tattva Chakra. [3]
Kaula, also known as Kula, Kulamārga ("the Kula path") and Kaulācāra ("the Kaula tradition"), is a Tantric tradition which is characterised by distinctive rituals and symbolism connected with the worship of Shakti and Shiva [1] that is associated with cremation-ground or charnel ground sceticism, found in Shaktism and Shaivism.