TANTRA HAS ALWAYS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL,
AND IT HAS USUALLY BEEN COMPLETELY
MISUNDERSTOOD AND DISTORTED,
ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST
BUT EVEN IN INDIA, WHERE IT DEVELOPED.
AND IT HAS USUALLY BEEN COMPLETELY
MISUNDERSTOOD AND DISTORTED,
ESPECIALLY IN THE WEST
BUT EVEN IN INDIA, WHERE IT DEVELOPED.
Unfortunately, even many Tantra teachers today in the West are not clear about what the ultimate goal of Tantra is.
TANTRA IS NOT JUST ABOUT SEXUAL PLEASURE.
"To cure the essence of suffering...
Leave your mind uncomplicated
and free."
- Padmasambhava
(eighth-century Tantric master)
Leave your mind uncomplicated
and free."
- Padmasambhava
(eighth-century Tantric master)
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TANTRA WAS DEVELOPED BY SOME OF
THE GREATEST SPIRITUAL MASTERS, IN INDIA AND TIBET, FOR EXPERIENCING YOUR FULL POTENTIAL, IN THIS LIFETIME. |
THIS GOAL HAS BEEN KNOWN BY MANY NAMES:
SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT LIBERATION, SELF-REALIZATION., AND TRADITIONALLY, 'MOKSHA', 'NIRVANA', 'RIGPA', 'BODDHICHITTA', OR 'YOGA SIDDHI'. |
Real Yoga is not just about getting flexible.
And real Tantra is not just about finding your
pleasure spots, or pleasuring your partner.
Tantra is about balance,
harmony, and
connectedness to all the elements in existence.
Tantra is about love...
not just human love,
but the all-encompassing love and connectedness that
is the blissful divine nature of existence itself.
Tantra holds space for the healing
of all the dimensions of our being.
Tantra brings the light of consciousness
to the hidden depths - to the shadows of the psyche.
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The goal of Tantra is
is nothing less than your Self-Realization. |
Authentic Tantra is
for your peace of mind and your full spiritual embodiment. |
Tantra is about profound well-being. The end of human suffering.
This is achieved by self-mastery and self-realization.
This occurs either through managing the currents of the life-energies,
or through creating conditions for them to come naturally into balance.
In Tantra, "Masculine" and "Feminine" are used as representations
of the polarity of energies
that together make all of existence possible.
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Tantra is actually simple. |
Tantra isn't really about connecting with someone else sexually.
It is about connecting with yourself first of all - being whole. Once that re-connection has been made, then you are able to connect with others truly, with life, with the world, and with the divine. This way, you finally allow divine grace to influence all areas of your life. Your sexuality is just one of them. - Peter Littlejohn Cook |
Peter Littlejohn Cook
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Authentic Tantra for modern times.
"If the purpose of human knowledge is the elimination of human suffering, then
knowledge which removes human suffering completely is the greatest knowledge."
- Swami Hariharananda Aranya
knowledge which removes human suffering completely is the greatest knowledge."
- Swami Hariharananda Aranya