tantra

n. spiritual system for the wholesome development of human oneness and the visible world which combines elements of Hinduism and paganism including mystical or magical elements such as mudras or mantras and erotic rites; Hindu or Buddhist mystical or magical literature written in Sanskrit on ritualistic acts and ceremonial worship

This article is an overview of Tantra and an in-depth look at the Tantra of Hinduism. For an in-depth look at Buddhist Tantra, please see Vajrayana. For more information about the Hindu sacred texts classified as Tantras, see Tantras. Tantra (Sanskrit: तन्त्र "weave" denoting continuity), tantricism or tantrism is any of several esoteric traditions rooted in the religions of India. It exists in Hindu, Bönpo, Buddhist, and Jain forms. Tantra in its various forms has existed in India, China, Japan, Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Korea, Cambodia, Burma, Indonesia and Mongolia. David Gordon White, while cautioning against attempting a rigorous definition of what is a practice, offers the following working definition: Overview Robert Brown notes that the term "tantrism" is a construction of Western scholarship and that: Rather than a single coherent system, Tantra is an accumulation of practices and ideas which has among its characteristics the use of ritual, energy work, in some sects acts, the use of the mundane to access the supramundane and the identification of the microcosm with the macrocosm. The Tantric practitioner seeks to use the divine power that flows through the universe (including their own body) to attain purposeful goals. These goals may be spiritual, material or both.
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Noun
1. doctrine of enlightenment as the realization of the oneness of one's self and the visible world; combines elements of Hinduism and paganism including magical and mystical elements like mantras and mudras and erotic rites; especially influential in Tibet
(synonym) Tantrism
(hypernym) Buddhism

Noun
1. any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind
(hypernym) Sanskrit literature

n. Tantra, Hindu or Buddhist literature written in Sanskrit on ritualistic acts and ceremonial worship

n. Tantra, Hindu or Buddhist literature written in Sanskrit on ritualistic acts and ceremonial worship

Westernized form of Tantra developed by Margo Anand, author of The Art of Sexual Ecstasy and the bestseller The Art of Sexual Magic. SkyDancing Tantra is an "approach to sexual ecstasy" that borrows from bioenergetics, NLP, shamanism, and transpersonal psychology. It supposedly "awakens" vitality and "hidden powers" of the brain. The Fall 1997 New York Open Center catalog described the expression "SkyDancing" as "an ancient metaphor for the ability to reach ecstatic states when love is experienced as a joyful meditation."

Mode of lovemaking that involves breath control, "energy exchange" meditations, "techniques" of "sexual healing," and "transformative touch." Its theory posits "sexual energy."

Apparently, a purported means of raising and releasing "energy" in the body. Its theory posits chakras and a "Vibrational healing power" in the human voice.