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tantra
noun , often capitalized
tan·tra
| \ ˈtən-trə
, ˈtän- , ˈtan- \
: one of the later Hindu or Buddhist scriptures dealing especially with techniques and rituals including meditative and sexual practices
also
: the rituals or practices outlined in the tantra
tantric
\
ˈtən-trik
, ˈtän- , ˈtan-
\
adjective,
often capitalized
Tantrism
\
ˈtən-ˌtri-zəm
, ˈtän- , ˈtan-
\
noun
Tantrist
\
ˈtən-trist
, ˈtän- , ˈtan-
\
noun
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And while popular forms of meditation and mindfulness — like yoga or tantra — are more likely to be called upon in moments of duress, there's another form of meditation that can easily be incorporated into every-day life.
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Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day , 22 July 2020
Dawn Cartwright, a SkyDancing Tantra instructor in Los Angeles, advises that beginners to tantra follow the below tips and tricks to fully commit to the tantra experience.
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Dana Hudepohl, Marie Claire , 17 May 2017
Gomez and Lovato — who began starring on the show in 2002 — likely did not cross paths with David Joyner, who played the lovable character between 1991 to 2001 and currently works as a tantra massage specialist and spiritual healer.
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Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com , 15 Feb. 2018
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Sanskrit, literally, warp, from tanoti he stretches, weaves; akin to Greek teinein to stretch — more at thin
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Esoteric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism
Tantric art. Clockwise from upper left: Vajrayogini (Buddhist), Sri Yantra (Hindu), Chakra illustration, Tibet deity Vajradhara (Holder of the Thunderbolt) in maithuna , Kalachakra Mandala , Dakini .
Elements of Tantrism. Clockwise from upper left: Mantra (Buddhist), Mandala (Hindu), Yantra (of Kali), Skull cup (Kapala), Nadis and Chakras (Tibetan), Deities depicted in sexual union. These are neither compulsory nor universal in Tantrism. [57]
^ The dates in the left column of the table are estimates and contested by scholars.
^ Sures Chandra Banerjee, says [Banerjee, S.C., 1988]: " Tantra is sometimes used to denote governance. Kālidāsa uses the expression prajah tantrayitva (having governed the subjects) in the Abhijñānaśākuntalam (V.5).
^ Also known as Tantrayāna , Mantrayāna , Esoteric Buddhism and the Diamond Vehicle .
^ Tantric texts are also often not being called "Tantras." [20]
^ Compare Joel Andre-Michel Dubois (2013), The Hidden Lives of Brahman , page xvii-xviii, who notes that Adi Shankara provides powerful analogies with the Vedic fire-ritual in his Upanishadic commentaries.
^ Gray (2016) , pp. 1–3.
^ Jump up to: a b c d Barrett 2008 , p. 12
^ Flood (2006) , pp. 9–14.
^ Bisschop 2020 , Chapter 1.
^ Kongtrul 2005 , p. 74.
^ Flood (2006) , p. 7-8.
^ Flood (2006) , pp. 9, 107.
^ Gyatso 2000 , pp. x, 5–7.
^ Gray (2016) , pp. 1–2, 17–19.
^ Jump up to: a b Padoux (2013) , p. 2. "The Hindu worship, the pūjā , for instance, is Tantric in its conception and ritual process, the principles of Hindu temple building and iconography are Tantric, and so on."
^ Flood (2006) , p. 53,73-75,79,81-3,99,132-3,177.
^ Padoux (2013) , p. 1.
^ Jump up to: a b c Lorenzen (2002) , p. 25.
^ Beer 2003 , pp. xi–xiv.
^ Berkson 1986 , pp. 11–12.
^ Fraser-Lu & Stadtner 2015 , p. 59.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e Monier-Williams, Leumann & Cappeller 2002 , p. 436
^ Jump up to: a b c Flood 2006 , p. 9
^ Padoux (2017) , p. 7.
^ Jump up to: a b c d Padoux (2002) , p. 17.
^ Jump up to: a b c White (2005) , p. 8984.
^ Jump up to: a b Gray (2016) , pp. 3–4.
^ ऋग्वेद: सूक्तं १०.७१ , Wikisource, "इमे ये नार्वाङ्न परश्चरन्ति न ब्राह्मणासो न सुतेकरासः ।
त एते वाचमभिपद्य पापया सिरी स्तन्त्रं तन्वते अप्रजज्ञयः ॥९॥"
^ Jump up to: a b Urban 2008 , pp. 26–27
^ Jump up to: a b c Felch 2016 , pp. 174–175
^ Jump up to: a b c d e Banerjee (1988) .
^ Jump up to: a b c Pontillo & Candotti 2014 , pp. 47–48 with footnotes
^ Kangle 1986 , p. 512 with footnote.
^ Jump up to: a b c Joshi 1977 , p. 409
^ Bagchi (1989) , p. 6.
^ Banerjee (1988) , p. 8.
^ Jump up to: a b Joshi (2012) , pp. 48–50.
^ Jump up to: a b Lorenzen (2002) , pp. 31–32.
^ Scharfe 1977 , p. 87 with footnote 50.
^ Jump up to: a b Wallis (2012) , p. 26.
^ Jump up to: a b Banerjee (2002) , p. 34.
^ " Banabhatta , the Sanskrit author of the 7th century, refers, in the Harshacharita to the propitiation of Matrikas by a tantric ascetic." [36]
^ Dyczkowski 1989 , pp. 4–5.
^ Brooks 1990 , pp. 16–17.
^ Jump up to: a b Pontillo & Candotti 2014 , pp. 48–61 with footnotes
^ Pontillo & Candotti 2014 , pp. 89–90 with footnotes
^ Stirling 2006 , p. 7.
^ Jump up to: a b Gray (2016) , pp. 1–2.
^ Jump up to: a b Brown (2002) , pp. 1–2.
^ Brown (2002) , pp. 5–6.
^ Lorea, Carola Erika (25 May 2018). " "I Am Afraid of Telling You This, Lest You'd Be Scared Shitless!": The Myth of Secrecy and the Study of the Esoteric Traditions of Bengal" . Religions . 9 (6): 172. doi : 10.3390/rel9060172 .
^ Jump up to: a b Brown (2002) , p. 6.
^ Lorenzen (2002) , p. 25-26.
^ Campbell, June (2002). Traveller in Space: Gender, Identity, and Tibetan Buddhism . A&C Black. ISBN 9780826457196 .
^ Vallely, Paul (10 February 1999). "I Was A Tantric Sex Slave" . The Independent . Archived from the original on 26 May 2022 . Retrieved 9 July 2021 .
^ "Margot Anand | The World's Leading Expert on Tantra" . Margot Anand . Retrieved 9 July 2021 .
^ Gray (2016) , p. 3.
^ Gray (2016) , pp. 1–5.
^ Gray (2016) , pp. 1–8.
^ Feuerstein 2001 , pp. parts 11501-11505.
^ Flood (2006) , p. 4, 21-22, 172-173.
^ Goudriaan (1981) , pp. 1–8.
^ Brown (2002) , p. 1.
^ Goudriaan (1981) , pp. 1–2, 39–40.
^ Goudriaan (1981) , pp. 1–2, 198–200.
^ Goudriaan (1981) , pp. 2, 7–8.
^ Gray (2016) , pp. 4–5.
^ Padoux (2002) , pp. 18–19.
^ Padoux (2002) , pp. 18–21.
^ "Abhinava – The Trika Shaivism of Kashmir" . Retrieved 9 July 2021 .
^ Jump up to: a b Brown (2002) , pp. 3–4.
^ Samuel & Johnston (2013) , pp. 35–38.
^ Georg, Feurstein (2011). The Bhagavad-Gita, A New Translation . Boston & London: Shambhala. pp. 108–09. ISBN 978-1-59030-893-6 .
^ Jump up to: a b c Werner 1977 , pp. 289–302
^ Jump up to: a b c d Lorenzen (2002) , p. 27.
^ Phillips 2009 , p. 295 with note 23.
^ Deussen 1980 , pp. 301–304, 310–311.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 284–285.
^ Lorenzen (2002) , p. 27-28.
^ Lorenzen (2002) , p. 28.
^ White 2014 , p. 188.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 157–158.
^ Samuel (2010) , p. 221.
^ Samuel (2010) , p. 283.
^ White (2003) , pp. 28–29.
^ White (2003) , pp. 30, 280.
^ Jump up to: a b Smith 2012 , pp. 363–364
^ Snellgrove 1987 , p. 122.
^ Samuel (2010) , p. 131.
^ Piyadassi Thera (ed., trans.) (1999). The Book of Protection: Paritta . Kandy: Buddhist Publication Society .
^ Pranshu Samdarshi (2019), Buddhist Tantra: Methodology and Historiography. SABHI (Students for the Awareness of Buddhist Heritage of India), Delhi, India. [ page needed ]
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 128–129.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Gray (2016) .
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 142, 145–146.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 144–145.
^ Samuel (2010) , p. 248.
^ Watson 1994 , Chapter 26 Dharani.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 219–220.
^ Osto, Douglas. "Proto–Tantric" Elements in The Gandavyuha sutra. Journal of Religious History Vol. 33, No. 2, June 2009.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 226–227.
^ Jump up to: a b c Brown (2002) , pp. 11–13.
^ Maurizio Taddei (1979), "The Story of the Buddha and the Skull-Tapper, A Note in Gandharan Iconography", Annali, Istituto Orientale di Napoli Roma, Volume 39, Number 3, pages 395-420
^ Lorenzen (2002) , pp. 28–30.
^ Lorenzen (2002) , pp. 28–29.
^ Padoux (2017) , p. 21.
^ Samuel (2010) , p. 242.
^ Lorenzen (2002) , p. 30.
^ Jump up to: a b Dyczkowski 1988 , pp. 26–27.
^ Jump up to: a b Samuel (2010) , p. 243.
^ Jump up to: a b Lorenzen 1972 , pp. xii, 1–4
^ Samuel (2010) , p. 246.
^ Jump up to: a b Lorenzen (2002) , pp. 30–31.
^ Davidson (2002) , pp. 202–218.
^ Sanderson (2012–2013) , pp. 4–5, 11, 57.
^ Lorenzen (2002) , p. 31.
^ Lorenzen (2002) , pp. 27–31.
^ Jump up to: a b Flood (1996) , p. 158.
^ Jump up to: a b c Flood (1996) , p. 161.
^ Flood (1996) , pp. 161–162.
^ Olivelle 1992 , pp. 5–9, 17–18.
^ Olivelle 2011 .
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 232–233.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 247–249.
^ Samuel (2010) , p. 255.
^ Sanderson, Alexis "Vajrayāna: Origin and Function". In: Buddhism into the Year 2000. International Conference Proceedings, Bangkok and Los Angeles: Dhammakāya Foundation (1995), pp. 89–102.
^ Davidson (2004) , p. 204.
^ Davidson (2004) , p. 214, 228, 231.
^ Samuel (2010) , p. 265.
^ Jump up to: a b Samuel (2010) , p. 291.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 266–267.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 259–260, 287, 292.
^ Samuel (2010) , p. 264, 291-292.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 252–254.
^ Samuel (2010) , p. 254.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 257–258.
^ Sravana Borkataky-Varma. Red: An Ethnographic Study of Cross-Pollination Between the Vedic and the Tantric, 2019, International Journal of Hindu Studies; Special Issue.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 255, 271.
^ Jump up to: a b c Samuel (2010) , p. 289.
^ Samuel (2010) , p. 274.
^ Snellgrove 1987 , p. 127.
^ Jump up to: a b Samuel (2010) , p. 276.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 283, 286.
^ Jump up to: a b Samuel (2010) , pp. 287–289.
^ Dalton, J. 2004. The Development of Perfection: The Interiorization of Buddhist Ritual in the Eight and Ninth Centuries. Journal of Indian Philosophy 32:1-30.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 285–289.
^ Smith (2005) , p. 8989.
^ Einoo (2009) , p. 45.
^ Padoux (2017) , p. 22.
^ Wedemeyer 2013 , pp. 155, 252.
^ Flood (1996) , p. 158 159.
^ Jump up to: a b Flood (1996) , p. 159.
^ Padoux (2017) , pp. 22–23.
^ Samuel (2010) , p. 253.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 293–299.
^ Samuel (2010) , p. 299.
^ Samuel (2010) , p. 304.
^ Samuel (2010) , p. 303.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 293, 307, 309.
^ Samuel (2010) , p. 292.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 324–328.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 329–330.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 330–332.
^ Mallinson 2016 .
^ Mallinson 2019 , pp. 1–33.
^ Jump up to: a b Flood (1996) , pp. 158–159.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 267–268.
^ Samuel (2010) , p. 333.
^ Smith (1996) , p. 116.
^ Samuel (2010) , p. 322.
^ Jump up to: a b Padoux (2002) , pp. 17–18.
^ Jump up to: a b Samuel (2010) , p. 335.
^ Jump up to: a b Samuel (2010) , p. 336.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 322–323.
^ Hirakawa & Groner 2007 , pp. 125–126.
^ Samuel (2010) , p. 337.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 337–338.
^ Jump up to: a b Padoux (2017) , p. 8.
^ Padoux (2017) , p. 29.
^ Padoux (2017) , pp. 29–30.
^ Padoux (2017) , pp. 8, 10.
^ Sanderson (2012–2013) , pp. 4–5, 11, 35, 57.
^ Richard Davis (2014), Ritual in an Oscillating Universe: Worshipping Siva in Medieval India, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-691-60308-7 , page 167 note 21, Quote (page 13): "Some agamas argue a monist metaphysics, while others are decidedly dualist. Some claim ritual is the most efficacious means of religious attainment, while others assert that knowledge is more important".
^ Sharma (1990) , pp. 9–14.
^ Padoux (2017) , p. 9.
^ Padoux (2017) , p. 10.
^ Padoux (2017) , p. 11.
^ Jump up to: a b Padoux (2017) , p. 31.
^ Padoux (2017) , p. 32.
^ Padoux (2017) , p. 33.
^ Jump up to: a b c Padoux (2017) , pp. 33–34.
^ Jump up to: a b Padoux (2017) , p. 36.
^ Padoux (2017) , p. 39.
^ Padoux (2017) , p. 37.
^ Jump up to: a b c Gray & Overbey (2016) , pp. 5–7, 199–216.
^ Todd Lewis; Gary deAngelis (2016). Teaching Buddhism: New Insights on Understanding and Presenting the Traditions . Oxford University Press. pp. 73–77. ISBN 978-0-19-937309-3 . , Quote: "The Tantric Buddhist traditions have been given several labels, but there is no single label that is accepted by all of these traditions. (...) It is important to note the use of this term in a plural form. Tantric or esoteric Buddhist traditions are multiple and also originated as multiple, distinct traditions of both text and practice".
^ Richard K. Payne (2006). Tantric Buddhism in East Asia . Simon and Schuster. pp. 1–3. ISBN 978-0-86171-487-2 .
^ Gray & Overbey (2016) , pp. 7, 257–264.
^ Orzech 2011 , p. 263. sfn error: no target: CITEREFOrzech2011 ( help )
^ Goble, Geoffrey C. (2019). Chinese esoteric Buddhism: Amoghavajra, the ruling elite, and the emergence of a tradition . New York. ISBN 978-0-231-55064-2 . OCLC 1099543349 .
^ Charles Willemen (2004). The Chinese Hevajratantra: the scriptural text of the Ritual of the Great King of the Teaching, the Adamantine One with Great Compassion and Knowledge of the Void . Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers. ISBN 81-208-1945-4 . OCLC 60383600 .
^ Solonin, K. J. (2013). "Buddhist Connections between the Liao and Xixia: Preliminary Considerations". Journal of Song-Yuan Studies . 43 : 171–219. ISSN 1059-3152 . JSTOR 43855194 .
^ Jump up to: a b Orzech, Charles D. (1989). "Seeing Chen-Yen Buddhism: Traditional Scholarship and the Vajrayāna in China". History of Religions . 29 (2): 87–114. doi : 10.1086/463182 . ISSN 0018-2710 . JSTOR 1062679 . S2CID 162235701 .
^ Lye, Hun Yeow (2003). Feeding Ghosts: A Study of the Yuqie Yankou Rite (Thesis). University of Virginia. doi : 10.18130/v3s82z .
^ Sharf, Robert H. (2002). Coming to terms with Chinese Buddhism: a reading of the treasure store treatise . Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. ISBN 0-585-47161-4 . OCLC 53119548 .
^ Lye, Hun Yeow (2003). Feeding Ghosts: A Study of the Yuqie Yankou Rite (Thesis). University of Virginia. doi : 10.18130/v3s82z .
^ Gray (2016) , pp. 1, 7, 17–18.
^ Keul 2012 , pp. 13, 373–374, 399–408.
^ Orzech, Sørensen & Payne 2011 , pp. 307–314.
^ Rinehart 2011 , pp. 13, 140–147, 166–170.
^ Ellen Gough (2012), Shades of Enlightenment: A Jain Tantric Diagram and the Colours of the Tirthankaras, International Journal of Jaina Studies, Volume 8, Number 1, pages 1-47; Summary Archive: Studying Jainism and its Tantric Ritual Diagrams in India, Ellen Gough
^ Cort 2001 , pp. 417–419.
^ Feuerstein (1998) , p. 124.
^ Samuel (2010) , pp. 289–290.
^ Jump up to: a b Padoux (2002) , p. 18.
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