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	Tantrism
		Tantrism is very rich in symbols which are used in meditation and ritual.
		In Hindu Tantrism Shakti is active female energy and Shiva is passive, male consciousness, whereas in Buddhist Tantrism Prajna is the passive female element and Upaya the active, male element.
		Similarly all of Tibetan Buddhism is pervaded by Tantrism.
	philtar.ucsm.ac.uk /encyclopedia/hindu/devot/tant.html (616 words)

	"A Brief Outline of Tantrism" af Moti Lal Pandit - Dialogcentret.dk
		Tantrism as a religion, particularly in its Kashmirian version, has a rich philosophical heritage, yet it cannot be denied that it sanctions such rituals, like the use of "five M's" (pancamakara-s), which, on moral grounds, can be thought of as representing degeneration.
		It is the triadism of mantra, yantra and kundalini that constitutes the Tantric spirituality — and this centrality of Tantrism is described by L.P.Singh thus: "Mantra is life, kundalini is the soul and yantra is the body of tantra shastra.
		There are, according to Tantrism, three types of people: Ordinary people (pasu) who are linked to animals on account of their being bound (pasa), the heroic (vira) who have overcome the ordinariness of existence, and the godly (daivi).
	www.dci.dk /?artikel=666 (3954 words)

	tantrism Brahmin Samaj
		2) Tantrism refers to traditions, mainly within Saivism and Shaktism, that focus on the arousal of the kundalini force and which view the human body as a vehicle of the Divine and an instrument for liberation.
		Tantrism's ultimate aim is a channeling of the kundalini life force through the sushumna, the gracious channel, upwards into the sahasrara chakra and beyond, through the door of Brahman (brahmarandhra) into Parashiva, either before or at the time of death.
		Depending on the school, this may be symbolic or literal in rites involving sexual intercourse, etc. Shakta Tantrism's main principle is the use of the material to gain the spiritual.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /prakash.joshi/tantrism.html (400 words)

	Tantrism
		Its primary objective was the adoration of the lingam-yoni, sign of the male and female principles in conjunction (the god Shiva and the goddess Kali).
		The basic tenet of Tantrism was that the woman possesses more spiritual energy than the man; therefore, the man could achieve realization of the divinity through sexual and emotional union with a woman.
		The bardic verse indicated Tantrism origins, especially when Peredur’s mystic lady-love revealed that she came from India or when Tristan told his lady-love Iseult that his name was the syllabically-reversed Tantris.
	www.themystica.com /mystica/articles/t/tantrism.html (957 words)

	Basic Concepts of Tibetan Buddhism
		The concepts and practices of tantrism originated in India and are associated with Shaivism, the cult of Shiva, the god of Yogins.
		The concepts and practices of tantrism in the Buddhist universities of eastern India have been dated at least to the eighth century, from which time translations have survived, yet the theory and some of the texts may be several centuries older.
		Although its divergence from "original" Buddhism may appear extreme, and despite its mysticism and aura of magic, followers and scholars of Vajrayana Tantrism hold it to be authentically Buddhist in its essence, affirming the interdependence of all things and thus the illusive nature of duality, and the truth of the interaction of cause and effect.
	dl.lib.brown.edu /BuddhistTempleArt/buddhism2.html (1132 words)

	Indology » Philosophy » philosophy » A facet of Hinduism:Tantrism on Sulekha Groups
		In Tantrism, theories are indulged in, and practices enjoined which are at once the most revolting and horrible that human depravity could think of, and compared to which the words and specimens of Holiwell Street literature of the last century would appear absolutely pure.
		Thus, Tantrism with all its spells and rituals, was distinctly non-Vedic; in its early phase it was in fact opposed to the Vedic tradition (if we go by the evidence in the Upanisads, particularly the Maitri Upanisad).
		For Tantrism is largely the practice (acara) centered in the female and also in the sexual union.
	www.sulekha.com /groups/postdisplay.aspx?cid=115476&forumid=756949 (2002 words)

	The Holy Order of O:N:E:
		Tantrism is perhaps of Tibetan origin, being possibly derived from the ancient Bon Tibetan religion.
		Tantrism is still practiced in Tibet, where it is the national religion.
		The source of Tantrism is given by the Tantric texts themselves as being Mahacina or Cina, ie.
	essenes.net /new/bonpo_4.html (1024 words)

	washingtonpost.com: India's Mystical Murders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Often likened by its critics to witchcraft, tantrism has millions of followers across India, where it is thought to have originated between the 5th and 9th centuries A.D. "This is a problem you can identify somehow with the Indian psyche," said Police Superintendent Sunil Kumar Gupta, who launched the crackdown in the state's Saharanpur district.
		For all its association with fl magic, tantrism has many benign forms and is practiced across a broad spectrum of Indian society.
		"Tantrism has nothing to do with human sacrifices," said Mohammed Nafees Malik, 24, a Muslim tantrik who was forced to close his practice in Saharanpur after the latest killing here.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A11810-2003Nov24?language=printer (1033 words)

	Dominick's space: Tantrism....
		Tantrism is still practiced in India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Tibet.
		Here the point is to return to the practitioner the enormous amount of raw sexual energy contained in semen and in the correspondent female orgasmic emanations in such a way that this subtle energy may be sublimated and its efficiency used for higher purposes, i.e.
		Also one of the basic principal of Tantrism is that women possess more spiritual energy than man. A fundamental rite is controlled intercourse, in Latin âcoitus reservatusâ; sex without male orgasmâ¦ Is that man must store up his vital fluids rather than expanding them in ejaculation.
	saul1948.spaces.live.com /Blog/cns!FEB21C80E9842753!168.entry (4039 words)

	Tantrism - religious cults and sects (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Tantrism is a movement within Buddhism combining elements of Hinduism and paganism.
		Tantrism, which is a key component of Vajrayana, then goes beyond these notions to their representation in the symbol of the sexual union between male and female (see yab-yum).
		Also important in Tantrism is the use of mudras, or ritual gestures, and mantras, or sacred syllables, which are repeatedly chanted and used as a focus for meditation.
	www.apologeticsindex.org /t31.html (2304 words)

	Raceandhistory.com - Myth of One Hindu Race
		Lamaism - Tantrism is still practiced in Tibet, where it is the national religion, under the guise of Lamaism or Vajrayana `Buddhism'.
		Thus, Tibet is the fountainhead of Tantrism, and in fact all mystic knowledge in the East.
		Moreover, in Tantrism the male and female principles are treated as equal, while in Sudroid Shaivism the male principle is treated as more important.
	www.raceandhistory.com /historicalviews/hindumanyraces.htm (2850 words)

	- Tantrism
		The stated purpose of TANTRISM is to provide the spiritual dwarfs of Kali Yoga with a means to use their overpowering obsessions and lower passions as a spiritual rocket fuel and to sublimate their animal tendencies into spiritual ecstasies.
		TANTRISM teaches to its students that, while being in a state of perfect detachment and clarity of mind, raise your enjoyment to its highest intensity and then use it as a spiritual rocket fuel.
		TANTRISM knows that the secret of life and death lies in controlling effortlessly the sexual energy, which is the prima facie, the basal aspect of human beings.
	www.tantra.org /overview.html (2679 words)

	Boston.com / News / World / In India, case links mysticism, murder
		Tantrism also has adherents among Buddhists and Muslims and, increasingly, in the West, where it is usually associated with techniques for prolonging sex.
		Often likened by its critics to witchcraft, tantrism has millions of followers across India, where it is thought to have originated between the fifth and ninth centuries.
		Malik, who studied tantrism for three years with a guru in Bombay, hastened to add that he does not perform animal sacrifices.
	www.boston.com /news/world/articles/2003/11/29/in_india_case_links_mysticism_murder (866 words)

	"Tantric" Means
		Tantrism also has the connotation of an esoteric system in which exercises, practices and rituals are handed down directly from teacher to student by word of mouth, though often with the aid of teaching materials in the form of pamphlets and pictures.
		In tantrism, the student and teacher are yoked or linked by the teachings, and by obligations and responsibilities.
		There is such a variety that it may be that the sole common denominators are: periods of seclusion, identification of the self with the natural world or aspects of it, and drumming.
	www.khandro.net /Buddhism_tantric.htm (3720 words)

	The PILGRIMAGE to CYTHERA
		This school of Tantrism involves also sexual rituals, during which the spiritual energy, Kundalini, in the usual state dormant at the base of the spine lying coiled up like a serpent, is awakened and ascends to reveal itself.
		The central figures of Hindu Tantrism are Shiva and Devi the "goddess" personifying the all-mighty female principle, the utmost element of the Universe.
		Buddhist Tantrism is one of the methods of attaining the main goal of Buddhism the spiritual awakening, enlightenment.
	www.rcom.spb.su /cythera/004.htm (869 words)

	Barbara G. Walker: The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets
		The basic principle of Tantrism was that women possess more spiritual energy than men, and a man could achieve realization of the divinity only through sexual and emotional union with a woman.
		Tantrism is no longer mentioned in China or Japan; its art was destroyed; authorities pretend it was never there at all.
		Bardic romances sometimes showed distinct connections with eastern Tantrism, as when Peredur's mystic lady-love revealed that she came from India, or when Tristan told his lady-love Iseult that his name was the syllabically-reversed Tantris.
	users.cyberone.com.au /myers/walker.html (2688 words)

	TYS -- Article: Traditional Tantra and Contemporary Neo-Tantrism
		Tantra, or Tantrism, is the broad term by which Western students of India's spirituality designate a particular type of teaching within Hinduism and Buddhism.
		In many cases, the teachers of this new-wave Tantrism appear not to have had the benefit of proper initiation by a competent Tantric guru; nor have they, generally speaking, studied the Tantric scriptures in sufficient depth to have a clear understanding of the extraordinary heritage they purport to represent.
		Because popularized Tantrism is soft on the ego-personality, it runs the risk of degenerating into fl magic.
	www.traditionalyogastudies.com /articles_tantra-kundalini_neo.html (3144 words)

	Buddhism \| The Religion of Peace
		As applied Buddhism, Tantrism focussed on the the use of the physical world.
		One learned the teachings of Tantrism from a master, and then one joined a group of others who had been trained.
		Buddhism, however, was slowly fading off of the Indian landscape; Tantrism came on the scene just as Buddhism began to slowly lose its vitality.
	www.freewebs.com /apbuddhism/tantrism.htm (479 words)

	Amazon.com: Tantrism: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The seeds from which Tantrism grew were sown centuries before we are able to identify...
		Tantrism in Nepal by Vidya Bahadur Bajracharya (Hardcover - 2005)
		Hindu Tantrism (Handbuch der Orientalistik : 2 Abt., Indien ; 4.
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&index=books&field-keywords=Tantrism&page=1 (656 words)

	Deadly rites spark Indian action \| csmonitor.com
		Untold millions of Indians of all faiths, including government ministers and movie stars, swear by the ancient rituals and potions of Tantric priests and healers.
		Now, a quiet public debate is emerging as police here begin a broad drive that targets not only human sacrifice but Tantrism itself.
		At railway stations and in newspapers, Tantrics still advertise their healing skills and draw patients from a cross section of society, rich and poor, educated and illiterate.
	www.csmonitor.com /2003/1203/p07s01-wosc.htm (774 words)

	Lecture 4 of ZHUAN FALUN
		It is a religious formality of the cultivation way of Tantrism which belongs to the Buddha School.
		What is more, practitioners of Tantrism are required to cultivate secretly in temples, and receive teachings from their masters in secret, and their masters guide them in cultivation, for it is an esoteric religion.
		Not only those who wave the flag of Tantrism to teach qigong are a sham, but also all those who carry the banner of Buddhism to teach qigong are a sham.
	www.falundafa.org /book/eng/zfl_44.htm (1557 words)

	POSTSCRIPT: CREATIVE POLARITY BEYOND TANTRISM
		It is almost a miracle that the sexes are fundamentally permitted to meet one another in love without having to renounce their autonomy.
		Buddhist Tantrism, however, is not about such an encounter between man and woman, but purely the question of how the yogi (as the masculine principle of the ONE) can integrate the OTHER (the feminine principle) within himself and render it useful by drawing off its gynergy.
		The origins of every war lie in the battle of the sexes — this aphorism from Greek mythology is especially true of Tantrism, which traces all that happens in the world back to erotic love.
	www.trimondi.de /SDLE/Postscript.htm (3006 words)

	Indology » Philosophy » philosophy » Tantrism on Sulekha Groups
		This is in striking contrast to the fundamentals of Tantrism, in which the female principle is personified and made prominent to the almost total exclusion of the male.
		This sect holds women in great esteem and call them Saktis (power) and to illtreat a Sakti, that is, a woman--is held to be a crime...women, as manifestations of the Great Cause of all, are entitled to respect and even to veneration.
		In conformity, also, with these views we find according to the Tantra, alone of all the great Sastras, that a woman may be a spiritual teacher (guru) and initiation by her achieves increased benefit.
	www.sulekha.com /groups/postdisplay.aspx?cid=115524&forumid=756949 (566 words)

	The Esoteric Buddhist Schools
		The practice of Tantrism was primarily concerned with the means by, which once could attain Buddhahood, to supreme awakening in this very life.
		Since Tantrism was concerned with both the ritual and meditation practices leading to enlightenment, the Shingon tradition has developed highly complex and long rituals that monks and qualified laymen undergo to approach enlightenment.
		In general, Tantrism has been more concerned with practice than with doctrinal speculation.
	www.asunam.com /buddhist_schools.htm (725 words)

	Alchemyweb: Learn about Alchemy, Sexual Tantrism, the Kundalini, Medieval Alchemy, Esoteric Symbols and more.
		Alchemy, the miraculous science of inner transformation, is a practice that has been carried out throughout the ages by the ancient Gnostics, the early Christians, and in ancient Egypt.
		It was also given within the sacred teachings of Hinduism, practiced within eastern tantrism as tanric yoga and pursued by the medievel alchemists longing for the elixir of life.
		Hidden in secrecy and among a few, alchemy was revealed only within esoteric circles, safe from those that would profane it and demean the sacred path to immortality.
	www.alchemyweb.org (585 words)

	Union and Unity in Hindu Tantrism
		The valorization of symbols of sexual union and the universalization of their sacrificial notation in the brahmanical ritual functioned within a public 'polytheistic' context where any aim of unity is not at all apparent.
		It is only in the later doctrines of Tantrism that ritualized sexual union is systematically sanctified within a non-dualistic perspective, precisely as a means to individual liberation.
		At a deeper level, the union between the sexes is merely the means to reproduce their divine unity within each partner, and thus the figure of the twins oscillates between that of the 'sexed couple' and the androgyne.
	www.infinityfoundation.com /mandala/i_es/i_es_visuv_e_unity.htm (11294 words)

	Buddhism -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The (additional info and facts about Vajrayāna) Vajrayāna or "Diamond Vehicle" (also referred to as Mantrayana, Tantrayana, (additional info and facts about Tantric) Tantric or esoteric Buddhism) shares many of the basic concepts of Mahāyāna, but also includes a vast array of spiritual techniques designed to enhance Buddhist practice.
		There is still an active debate as to whether or not (Movement within Buddhism combining elements of Hinduism and paganism) Tantrism was initially developed within Buddhism or Hinduism.
		Buddhist literature tends to predate the later puranic Tantras, and there is some evidence to suggest that the basic structure of tantra depends upon the Mahayana Buddhist philosophical schools.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/b/bu/buddhism.htm (7244 words)

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