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Recieved: 1999/11/15 16:16
Subject: Re: [K-list] is tantra the yoga of sex?
From: tom skarda
On 1999/11/15 16:16, tom skarda posted thus to the K-list:
The Daoist version of sexual tantra, as in tantra performed with a partner,
is known as Dual-Cultivation.
Tom
>From: "winter mute" <mumblecatATnospamangelfire.com>
>Reply-To: "winter mute" <mumblecatATnospamangelfire.com>
>To: kundaliniATnospamList-Server.net
>Subject: [K-list] is tantra the yoga of sex?
>Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 10:29:15 -0800
>
>
>---
> 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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