On 2/2/2014 4:46 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Indian Tantra was transgressive in practice ... so coitus with a > low-caste or non-caste woman was a one of the means for breaking the > severe behavioral commandants and restrictions of Hindu life. > Every sexual act, whether conjugal or otherwise, is transgressive to a certain degree and all secret sexual activity between husband and wife is antinomian to a certain degree. The only sure-fire way to make sure you are using all the tools in your tantra toolbox is to get the real thing, the whole thing - not just mood-making with some imagined shaktis and/or with some murti idols.
So, lets review what we know: The Tantras - manuals of practice - were composed during the Golden Age of Hinduism, during the Gupta period (320-650 AD). Tantra is based on positioning and placement. The basic notion of tantra is polarity - the division of cosmic energy. The Sanskrit term "tantra" comes from the root words "tan" - to weave and "tra" - a tool. So, tantra is a tool for "weaving" the opposing forces that animate the universe. Tantrais a way of thinking and acting that includes a microcosmic and macrocosmic correlation - in Hinduism shiva-shakti. Any person who aspires for spiritual expansion or does a spiirtual practice, using yogic techniques or something concrete, is a Tantric. The entire universe is composed of sexual energy - the goal of tantric practice is to channel that energy, within the human microcosm, in creative and emancipatory ways in order to obtain freedom from bondage.
