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Tantra encompasses all aspects of life. Its philosophical basis reaches the loftiest heights of comprehension, yet at the same time is amenable to practical application. It has different levels of meaning and significance which only unfold themselves gradually through personal experience.
Modern man is looking for something, but does not know what it is. We feel that tantra, including yoga, is the answer that you are looking for. It is based on the wisdom and experiences of thousands of tuned in enlightened sages, throughout the ages. It is tested by time.
Continue reading: Tantra. And it came to pass
Tantra has grown naturally throughout the past eons. It has never really been rigidly defined as a whole, which actually is a point in its favour, for it allows tantra to adapt to the continually changing conditions and not become frozen with fixed dogmas.
Actually, as we have already pointed out, tantra is probably the only system that fully realizes that its written texts become semi-redundant in the course of time. People’s tastes and attitudes, social rules and conditions change and so forth. Each society has specific characteristics with which the individual has to come to terms on the path of physical and mental well being and higher awareness. It is for this reason that tantric tradition says that new tantric texts will be revealed and recorded. These will automatically replace archaic texts that have lost their relevance. This is not merely an idea, for it has actually occurred; most of the age-old traditional tantric texts are no longer available; they have either been lost, hidden or destroyed. Most of the tantric texts that are now in circulation are comparatively new. That is, they have been written during the last few hundred years. The old texts seem to have faded away according to the edicts and predictions of tantric traditions.
Continue reading: Tantra. Suitability for the present age
How is tantra related to yoga? Yoga is well known, yet tantra is surrounded and veiled in an aura of superstition and mystery. This in a way is very strange, for in fact yoga and tantra are in essence the same system. They are intimately related. To be more specific: yoga is a part of the more encompassing, wider system of tantra. All practices such as asanas, pranayama, all yogic paths such as karma yoga, bhakti yoga, kundalini yoga, hatha yoga, mantra yoga, kriya yoga and so on, are all an integral part of tantra. All the practices that you know as yoga are also part of tantra. You have already been practising tantra and you have not known it!
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We don’t want to go into the details of the guru-disciple relationship here; all we want to do is to point out the role of the guru in tantra’. It is the guru who pushes and inspires his disciples to higher levels of awareness. In the higher stages of tantra, he is indispensable. He is the very essence around which every-thing else revolves. He is the sun from which all the planets in the form of disciples draw their energy and aspiration.
When tantra was widely practised in India (and other parts of the world) it seems certain that each tantric community had a spiritual centre, a focal point, a pivot… a guru. Without a guru, tantra in the higher stages cannot be practised. This does not mean that you cannot practise tantric techniques without a guru, for it is possible in the early stages. This is the reason why we are starting to introduce you to tantra; if you needed a gum to practise then there would be no point in publishing details. But at a certain stage one needs a gum. There comes a point in a person’s life when he is ready to surrender himself to a gum. And when you are ready, when you reach a certain level of awareness, then your gum will find you. You will not find him, he will find you. Then he will initiate you into the higher stages of tantra. You will not meet your gum, whoever he is, until you are ready, until you have reached a certain point. Perhaps you will not even be looking for a gum, perhaps not even know the meaning of the word gum, but at a certain stage your gum will appear. That is the starting point of higher tantra; even if you have not practised tantra before.
Continue reading: The guru
Magic occurs in the realm of the material universe (maya). Everything that happens around us in the world, whether the birth of a child, the growth of a tree, a flying bird or the digestive process, it is really magic. What can be more magical than the incredible phenomena occurring around us every second of the day? All that magic rites involve is the manipulation of the universal magic around and within us. Modern science, in a sense, does this through various energy manipulations: electrical, mechanical, biological and so forth. The tantric, yogi or magician invokes cosmic forces, psychic forces, etc. by means of mantras, mandalas, rites and other tantric practices. If you don’t think this is possible, then we don’t intend to persuade you otherwise. In fact, we again point out that there is no reason why you should believe anything without personal experience. Only keep an open mind to possibilities, and remember that magic rites have been practised throughout the history of mankind.
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Mantras on a gross level are special sound patterns. On a deeper level they are much more. Together with mandalas and yantras, mantras are the most important aspects of tantra. They are the essence of practical tantra. Almost invariably, mantras and mandalas or yantras are utilized in conjunction with each other to form powerful combinations. A mandala, yantra or devata is the form of consciousness, while the mantra is the vehicle of consciousness. The mandala, yantra or devata is the manifested form, configuration of Shakti, while the mantra, which is also Shakti, is the link between consciousness and form. This applies to everything in the world around us. The visible form is the expression while the mantra is the vehicle of expression. The mantra is the direct link with the beyond. The world we know is materialized and shaped through mantras, through sound at all levels and degrees of subtlety, generally way beyond one’s usual perception of sound. The mantras originate in the consciousness substratum of Shiva. And there is absolutely no reason why mantras cannot be used to retrace the direction of manifestation so that one again merges with consciousness. A train that goes from here to Delhi can also be used to return. A mantra is therefore a means to make a U-turn and retrace one’s footsteps, one’s path back to the source. A mantra can and does transport one from low levels of awareness to higher levels.
Continue reading: Mantras. What is Mantra
A mandala is a magic circle, in which one performs tantric rites. It is a focus of cosmic powers. During worship and other tantric practices a mandala becomes the centre of the universe in a symbolic sense and in a far deeper sense beyond normal comprehension. A tantric mandala is usually laid out according to a fixed plan; in fact the making of the mandala is a tantric rite in itself. As we have already pointed out under the heading entitled ‘Tantra – The Universal System’, everything in the manifested world is in essence a mandala. Each and every object is a focal point of consciousness. There is not one thing that is not a mandala. Everything is a point of manifestation of Shakti… an expression of the underlying consciousness. It is for this reason that deep concentration on anything, and we mean anything, can bring about higher awareness and realization of the deeper nature of that object. But almost every person lacks sufficient power of concentration to do this. Instead, the power of the mind is dissipated in all directions. But the power is there to be used when the individual is ready; it only needs to be tapped. It is for this reason that devotion is an important, though not indispensable, part of tantric meditative practices. It increases, supercharges the power of concentration. Concentration becomes far more powerful and piercing when it is backed up by emotional feeling or reverence. Each person is a mandala, each thought is a mandala, each deity, each chakra . .. each and everything. The guru too is a mandala – a very powerful one in fact.
Continue reading: The mandala and yantra
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