The Yonitantra
Author | : J. A. Schoterman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Tantras |
ISBN | : |
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Critical edition with an informative introduction of a tantric text.
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Author | : J. A. Schoterman |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 112 |
Release | : 1980 |
Genre | : Tantras |
ISBN | : |
Critical edition with an informative introduction of a tantric text.
Author | : André Padoux |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2017-03-07 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 022642409X |
Tantra occupies a unique position in Western understandings of Hindu spirituality. Its carnal dimension has made its name instantly recognizable, but this popular fascination with sex has obscured its philosophical depth and ritual practices, to say nothing of its overall importance to Hinduism. This book offers a clear, well-grounded overview of Tantra that offers substantial new insights for scholars and practitioners. André Padoux opens by detailing the history of Tantra, beginning with its origins, founding texts, and major beliefs. The second part of the book delves more deeply into key concepts relating to the tantric body, mysticism, sex, mantras, sacred geography, and iconography, while the final part considers the practice of Tantra today, both in India and in the West. The result is an authoritative account of Tantra’s history and present place in the world.
Author | : Uma Dinsmore-Tuli |
Publisher | : Pinter & Martin Limited |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2020-07 |
Genre | : Hatha yoga |
ISBN | : 9781906756604 |
In this courageous and radical book, Uma Dinsmore-Tuli explores the sexual politics of yoga from a perspective that sees women's spiritual transformation as the most revolutionary force.
Author | : Sid Feders |
Publisher | : Tomorrow's Children |
Total Pages | : 630 |
Release | : 2007-10 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1424197465 |
Jennifer Bates Brandas life begins as an experimentaa child created by a fertility doctor with a God-like complex, a king-sized ego and a mogulas greed, who tells her she was aimmaculately conceived and freer of original sin than even divinely imaginable two thousand years ago.a But years later things begin to go terribly wrong. Something unforeseeable is killing her. Jennifer is a resourceful woman. She sets out to find a cure, and soon discovers that there are others. Many others. They are more than sisters. And although Jennifer has never met them, she shares a bond with them closer than any other in the history of human life. And whatever is killing her is something they will all eventually face. First she must figure out what is killing her. That secret is held by her biological mother. And she turns out to be the biggest mystery of all.
Author | : Hugh B. Urban |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 363 |
Release | : 2009-10-30 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0857731580 |
In the West, the varied body of texts and traditions known as Tantra for more than two centuries has had the capacity to scandalize and shock. For European colonizers, Orientalist scholars and Christian missionaries of the Victorian era, Tantra was generally seen as the most degenerate and depraved example of the worst tendencies of the so-called 'Indian mind': a pathological mixture of sensuality and religion that prompted the decline of modern Hinduism. Yet for most contemporary New Age and popular writers, Tantra is celebrated as a much-needed affirmation of physical pleasure and sex: indeed as a 'cult of ecstasy' to counter the perceived hypocritical prudery of many Westerners. In recent years, Tantra has become the focus of a still larger cultural and political debate. In the eyes of many Hindus, much of the western literature on Tantra represents a form of neo-colonialism, which continues to portray India as an exotic, erotic, hyper-sexualized Orient. Which, then, is the 'real' Tantra? Focusing on one of the oldest and most important Tantric traditions, based in Assam, northeast India, Hugh B Urban shows that Tantra is less about optimal sexual pleasure than about harnessing the divine power of the goddess that flows alike through the cosmos, the human body and political society. In a fresh and vital contribution to the field, the author suggests that the 'real' meaning of Tantra lies in helping us rethink not just the history of Indian religions, but also our own modern obsessions with power, sex and the invidious legacies of cultural imperialism.
Author | : David Gordon White |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 616 |
Release | : 2012-07-10 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 022614934X |
“[A] brilliant disquisition on . . . mostly unpublished texts for three allied systems of tantric thought and praxis (sexual, alchemical, and hatha yogic).” —The Journal of Asian Studies The Alchemical Body excavates and centers within its Indian context the lost tradition of the medieval Siddhas. Working from previously unexplored alchemical sources, David Gordon White demonstrates for the first time that the medieval disciplines of Hindu alchemy and hatha yoga were practiced by one and the same people, and that they can be understood only when viewed together. White opens the way to a new and more comprehensive understanding of medieval Indian mysticism, within the broader context of south Asian Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, and Islam. “White proves a skillful guide in disentangling historical and theoretical complexities that have thus far bedeviled the study of these influential aspects of medieval Indian culture.” —Yoga World “Anyone seriously interested in finding out more about authentic tantra, original hatha yoga, embodied liberation . . . sacred sexuality, paranormal abilities, healing, and of course alchemy will find White’s extraordinary book as fascinating as any Tom Clancy thriller.” —Georg Feuerstein, Yoga Journal “Remarkable . . . a study of the language of mystic experience and expression—the multitudinous symbols, rituals, and doctrines of the medieval siddhis, yogis, and alchemists.” —Skeptic Meditations
Author | : Teun Goudriaan |
Publisher | : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Hindu literature |
ISBN | : 9783447020916 |
Author | : Carl Olson |
Publisher | : OUP USA |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0195306317 |
For an educated, general readership and for use in college courses, this text introduces the role of celibacy, or a lack of it, in various religious traditions, and the contributors present the rationale for its observance (or not) within the context of each tradition.
Author | : Miranda Shaw |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 320 |
Release | : 2022-06-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0691235597 |
The now-classic exploration of the role of women and the feminine in Buddhist Tantra The crowning cultural achievement of medieval India, Tantric Buddhism is known in the West primarily for the sexual practices of its adherents, who strive to transform erotic passion into spiritual bliss. Historians of religion have long held that this attempted enlightenment was for men only, and that women in the movement were at best marginal and subordinated and at worst degraded and exploited. In Passionate Enlightenment, Miranda Shaw argues to the contrary and presents extensive evidence of the outspoken and independent female founders of the Tantric movement and their creative role in shaping its distinctive vision of gender relations and sacred sexuality. Including a new preface by the author, this Princeton Classics edition makes an essential work available for new audiences.
Author | : Jeanne Openshaw |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2002-07-25 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9780521811255 |
The author charts the rise of Bauls to their present iconic status as minstrels and mystics.