Misconceptions of Tantra

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1. Tantra is all about sex

 

Shiv says " If having sex led one to God, even the dogs would get

enlightenend. If drinking wine made one enlightened, all drunk would

become enlightened. Those who mis-use my teachings for personal

enjoyment will go to the darkest hell " - Mahanirvana Tantra

 

2. Tantra is about black magic

 

Some branches Tantra(like Aghora) involve contacting terrible deities,

& offering meat, sacrifices, wine to them. But not all people who

contact ghosts/spirits are Tantrics! Most people confuse people with

low level Siddhis, retarded people, with Tantrics.

 

Read the book Aghora, in my list. Even when an Aghori sacrificed an

animal, he guranteed it took birth in a higher womb(even human).

Higher Devis like Kali get very angry if you go around killing

innocent animals in her name.

 

But people confuse madmen who use spirits to harass people with

Tantrics, just as they confuse people who stand on 1 leg whole life

with Hatha Yogis.

 

And Aghoris are a minority, even amongst Tantrics.

 

3. Tantra places no restriction on you- itallows you to eat meat,

drink alcohol etc

 

As in any Yoga, higher Sadhaks may go beyond all restrictions, but to

think that any drunk can call himself a Tantric to get

respectability(as I have seen many times) is a wrong view.

 

Tantra doesnt place any caste based restrictions, but even Tantrics

need discipline.

 

4. Tantra is highly ritualistic & boring

 

I read this on the website of a " Swami " Nostradamus, who claimed to

teach the more interesting " sex " tantra.

 

Tantra does have many rituals. Most of it involves Mantra & Yantras of

Devi/Devas, but these rituals are a much faster way to getting that

Dev/Devis darshan than only Bhakti(which is still required).

 

But, Tantra has its own Yogic branch, which is superior to all other

Yogas- called Kundalni Yoga. My Guru said Kundalni Yoga is like

Hardware programming of computers- if you know what you are doing,

you'll get excellent results, if you dont, you'll seriously damage the

computer.

 

Many famous Yogis like Yoganand, Lahiri Mahashya, Swami Satyanand

Saraswati actually practiced Tantric Yoga.