Tantra | Wikipedia audio article
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Tantra


00:01:32 1 Etymology
00:03:32 2 Definition
00:03:41 2.1 Ancient and medieval era
00:05:50 2.2 Modern era
00:10:08 2.2.1 Tantrism
00:13:18 2.2.2 Tantrika
00:14:58 3 History
00:15:06 3.1 Vedic texts
00:18:12 3.2 Buddhist reliefs
00:19:01 3.3 Smriti
00:19:54 3.4 Tantra texts
00:22:02 3.5 Tantric practices
00:23:39 3.5.1 Traction and growth
00:25:27 3.5.2 Sex and eroticism
00:28:46 4 Practices
00:29:11 4.1 Components
00:30:44 4.2 Sadhanas
00:32:27 4.3 Mandalas
00:33:44 4.4 Mantra, yantra, nyasa
00:34:42 4.5 Identification with deities
00:34:51 4.5.1 Visualisation
00:35:32 4.5.2 Classes of devotees
00:36:02 5 Hinduism
00:38:58 6 Buddhism
00:40:26 7 Jainism and other religions
00:41:25 8 Western scholarly research
00:41:35 8.1 John Woodroffe
00:42:16 8.2 Further development
00:43:02 9 See also



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Tantra (; Sanskrit: तन्त्र, literally "loom, weave, system") denotes the esoteric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism that co-developed most likely about the middle of the 1st millennium AD. The term tantra, in the Indian traditions, also means any systematic broadly applicable "text, theory, system, method, instrument, technique or practice".Starting in the early centuries of common era, newly revealed Tantras centering on Vishnu, Shiva or Shakti emerged. In Buddhism, the Vajrayana tradition is known for its extensive tantra ideas and practices. Tantric Hindu and Buddhist traditions have influenced other Eastern religious traditions such as Jainism, the Tibetan Bön tradition, Daoism and the Japanese Shintō tradition. In Tantra, spiritual realization is depicted as the union of male and female, with the goddess afforded a primary position as the creative force (eros) of the cosmos. In Kashmir Shaivism (KS) the goddess's name is Mahashakti, the 'energy' of creation. Historically, women were often the most influential and powerful teachers.Certain modes of non-vedic worship such as Puja are considered tantric in their conception and rituals. Hindu temple building also generally conforms to the iconography of tantra. The Hindu texts that describe these topics are called Tantras, Āgamas or Samhitās. In Buddhism, its tantra-genre literature has influenced the artworks in Tibet, historic cave temples of India and imagery in Southeast Asia.