What is Tantra?
Tantra is an ancient body of practices and philosophy that chart a path of personal transformation and spiritual attainment. It is sex and body positive, honoring the physical along with the spiritual.
Emerging from the mists of prehistoric South Asia, it 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.
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 explains methods of examination and exploration integrated into 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