Tantra

[Guest guest]

Dear Teresa,

 

After I saw this note from you, I decided to feature a book

about Tantra on today's front page on the website. Thanks

for the suggestion.

 

What makes you pick Tantra? Something special about it

that's calling you?

 

I don't know a whole lot about Tantra, but that didn't stop me from

writing a short reference page as well, which I put here:

 

http://www.realization.org/page/topics/tantra.htm

 

I probably made a lot of mistakes on this page, but I've asked

several people who know more than me to check it this

morning, and hopefully anything really stupid will be fixed

within a few hours.

 

If anybody has suggestions for improving it or criticisms, I'd

love to hear them. And things I should add -- links, books, etc.

 

That goes for the whole website, actually.

 

Love,

 

Laura

 

 

 

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<TAMurdock

<Realization >

Wednesday, January 26, 2000 6:08 PM

Re: Hi Harsha

 

 

> TAMurdock

>

> Sooooooooooo.........let's pick a topic to discuss. Since I am a neophyte

and

> open to just about anything, any tantrikas out there or anyone who has

> researched tantric practice and philosophy?

>

> Teresa

>

[Guest guest]

Well, you might ask, why do you come to this site at this point in time?

 

I wish to open myself to new experience, expand my consciousness, and

eliminate self-deception. I view tantric philosophy as one possible avenue to

these goals. Are there other areas which you feel might be more fruitful?

 

Thank you for highlighting tantra on the webpage. I will visit it today.

 

Kindest regards,

Teresa

[Guest guest]

Hi Teresa,

 

> I wish to open myself to new experience, expand my consciousness, and

> eliminate self-deception. I view tantric philosophy as one possible avenue

to

> these goals.

 

Wonderful goals -- and I'm sure it is a possible avenue.

 

> Are there other areas which you feel might be more fruitful?

 

Oh, I didn't mean to suggest that, not at all. Tantra could be perfect

for you. I was just wondering what you already knew about it that

you are finding appealing. Different things appeal to different people,

etc.

 

There are so many nice things about it -- ritual; magic; rootedness

in the body; kundalini, acceptance of experience; initiation and

guru's grace; bond between disciple and guru...

 

And it's aesthetically gorgeous -- chanting, paintings, yantras.

It's definitely the path of choice for people who like theater!

 

And within Tantra there are many avenues, many choices, many

traditions, ranging from the highly organized approach of Tibetan

Buddhism to the crazy weirdness of Hindu Aghori sects (who carry

human skulls and eat bits of corpses).

 

> Thank you for highlighting tantra on the webpage. I will visit it today.

 

You're welcome. If you think it needs something more, or something

else, to be useful to you, please let me know.

 

Love,

 

Laura