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Recieved: 1999/11/15 11:29
Subject: [K-list] is tantra the yoga of sex?
From: winter mute

On 1999/11/15 11:29, winter mute posted thus to the K-list:


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 Only the gate
 of the abbey is left,
 on the winter moor.

-Shiki

On Mon, 15 Nov 1999 06:53:17 Adele Chatelain wrote:
>Hi!
> Tibetan Tantra is quite different from Hindu Tantra.
>For one thing, the Tibetans consider the dictionary meaning
>of the word 'Tantra' to mean: To Weave.
> That phrase refers to weave everything one does in their
>daily life, onto
>the Path towards Enlightenment or Transformation.

A beautiful translation.
The word can mean the same thing in Sanskrit and
is taken from there.

> I'm not sure about Hindu Tantra, but in Tibetan
>Tantra, one doesn't necessarily use sexuality in the
>practice. Rather, the ENERGY of sexuality is used. Many
>Tibetan practitioners of Tantra are celibate.

Yes, this is indeed the case for real tantra too.
:)

What I have seen of Hindu tantra and Tibetan tantra
is that the two directions are very similar.
One main difference is in the deities being
worshipped, but here again, many Hindu deities
are found in Tibetan tantra, only under different
names. :)

Om mani padme hum, for example, is Sanskrit.

Best regards,

Amanda.

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