Directory of Tantra Resources

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Tantra is that Asian body of beliefs and practices which, working from the principle that the universe we experience is nothing other than the concrete manifestation of the divine energy of the godhead that creates and maintains that universe, seeks to ritually appropriate and channel that energy, within the human microcosm, in creative and emancipatory ways. (David Gordon White - Tantra in Practice) Tantras are divided into Hindu Tantra Buddhist Tantra Jain Tantra even though there is an overlap between these schools. Hindu Tantra is composed of Siddha Kaula, Yogini Kaula, Trika (Kashmir Saivism), Sri Vidya, Nath Siddha, Aghori, Bengali Saktha-Vaishnava, Saiva Siddhantha and other traditions.

Subcategories

• Kashmir Shaivism
• Sri Vidya

Resources in This Category

• Hindu worship: Mantra, Tantra and Yantra

  http://www.hinduwebsite.com/secretsofworship.asp
  An article explaining the role of mantra, tantra and yantra in the worship of the Hindus.

• Shiva Shakti Mandalam

  http://www.shivashakti.com/
  Information on the Natha, Kalikula - Kali, Srikula - Lalita (Srividya) traditions, Tantrik rituals, and texts and translations of Tantrik literature.

• Tantra: Basics

  http://hinduism.about.com/library/weekly/aa082501a.htm
  Tantrik Aghorinathji explains the basics of Tantrism, the Tantrik approach to life, its uses and abuses and Tantrik Yoga.

• Tantra: Colorado University

  http://www.colorado.edu/ReligiousStudies/TheStrip/features/thesis/academics/padoux/pad1.htm
  Research paper on Andre Padoux's writings on Tantras from the Department of Religious studies.

• Tantrism and Neo Tantrism

  http://santosha.com/moksha/tantrism1.html
  An article by Georg Feuerstein, Ph.D. about traditional Tantrism and its modern derivative Neo Tantrism.

• Tools for Tantra

  http://www.insight-books.com/meta/0892810556mt.html
  This book by Harish Johari describes Tantric Yantras, the geometric forms used in Hindu worship.

• Wikipedia: Tantra

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tantra
  The history, practice, identification with Deities, and the Hindu tradition.

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