Aghoris, Vama-marga Tantrics, etc

06-17-2006, 12:32 PM

Neilji, excellently well said, thank you!!

--- In OmGanesh (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com, "trikashaivism"
wrote:
>
> Namaste,
>
> It is perhaps worthwhile briefly elaborating on the likes of the
> Aghoris, Vama-marga Tantrics, etc., for anyone not familiar with
such
> things.
>
> In these groups/schools their consumption of meat, wine or the
drinking
> from skull caps was all done in the context of sadhana (typically
> ritualistic). Often much of this, particularly in Tantric cases was
> only done after several years of other disciplines and under the
> guidance of a competent guru. A comparison can't really be made
(and
> nobody is suggesting that anyway) to the consumption of such things
in
> an average western context (for lack of a better way of expressing
it).
>
> Even much of the Tantric practices, according to the likes of
> Abhinavagupta, was meant to be internalised and not necessarily a
> physical practice. As the Tantrika sadhaka progressed their
practices
> went from being anavopaya (lowest degree of practice utilising
their
> own instruments such as the senses) up to Shambhavopaya (highest
degree
> of practice which is purely internalised).
>
> Om Shanti
> Neil
>