What Is Tantra?
Origins of Tantra
Emerging from the mists of prehistoric South Asia, Tantra has, over the millennia, woven together threads of the highest and most abstract of Vedic wisdom with the magic and earth-based intuitions of tribal shamans.
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For over a thousand years, Tantra has shocked, scandalized, and yet continually infiltrated and revitalized the most ancient philosophies and religions of the world.
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The themes and aspects of Tantra lie at the heart of yoga, alchemy, Buddhism, holistic medicine and sexuality, and clarify the central dynamic that faces humanity as we attempt to attain a new planetary consciousness - one that promises to move us beyond linear time, three-dimensional space and the confines of causality! Step into a new and electric way of living...
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Aspects of Tantra
Everything is an Experiment
As Within, So Without
Tapas and Spanda
Multiple Realities
Inner Marriage
Ascending and Descending Energies
The Healing Power of Pleasure
Swami Ravi Rudra Bharati
adapted from his book, Kali Rising,
Foundational Principles of Tantra for a Transforming Planet
An Interview with Swami Ravi Rudra Bharati about Tantra
Watch this short video where Swami Ravi Rudra Bharati, the founder of Dancing Shiva Tantra Monastery & Healing Center, explains methods of examination and exploration integrated into classic Indic Tantra.
Glossary of Tantra Terms
Below is a link to an extensive glossary of many Tantric terms. Keep in mind that many of these terms have many meanings. In those cases, a breadth of meanings is given.
This glossary is a gateway into tantric study, but is by no means an exhaustive list.
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It is taken from
Kali Rising, by Swami Ravi Rudra Bharati
Foundational Principles of Tantra for a Transforming Planet