Seraphita: > Yes, Tantra is not about sex... > Real 'tantra' is all about sex. This news should come as no surprise. Yoga is all about sex and sexual symbolism. If it's not. why are all the yoga gurus indulging in it? Go figure.
Tantra is a matter of placement and positioning. The main charge is that some practitioners indulge in sexual debauchery under the pretext of being on a spiritual path. I've even heard rumors that Yogananda has a son who is living in Glendale, CA. LoL! Yoga began as a sex cult in India - hatha yoga is all about sex as a discipline. Hath Yoga is a branch of Tantra which arose in India during the Gupta era and it's adherents sought to fuse the male and female aspects of the cosmos into a state of blissful pure consciousness. The practices and rites of Tantra are full of sexual symbolism and included lots of group sex. Tantra is all about sexual organs and very vigorous coitus. So, let's review: There was Barry's guru Rama, who had multiple sex affairs and then offed himself wearing a dog collar. There was the Marshy, who reportedly murdered his master, stole his ring, and then slept with his own clerks on a deer-skin rug. And, don't forget the Donald at Ananda. You probably remember the case of Richard Baker, who left two pair of shoes outside the door at the San Francisco Zen Center. LoL! And, who can forget the drunkard Chogyam Trungpa and his Regent the Osel Tendzin or the Lama Kalu? The Indian Swami Muktananda wore dark glasses and molested young girls while wearing an orange bed sheet and wool cap. Swami Satchidananda favored Marlboros and gave the invocation at Woodstock. Then there was the Swami Rama convicted of rape, who claimed to be a Shankaracharya from India. So, an ashram, won more than $2.5 million after its longtime guru, Kripalu confessed to having screwed with sixteen students and leaders. And, what's up with that John Friend guy?
