Tara and the Tantric Body Tara and the Tantric Body Thanks to JLA Online Mall for this original artwork. Focusing primarily on The Cult of Tara by Stephen Beyer, we will see how the body figures into the rituals which he describes in great detail. The body and its elements are important in these so-called rituals. This designation of the Tantric body is, in fact, partly arbitrarily assigned by me. Nonetheless, there is no denying that the body is meaningful here.
Body is both something and nothing.
It is merely a construction of a self and an awareness that do not exist. At the same time, the body and its elements are important instruments in attaining enlightenment. Certainly, then, the body and its senses are essential to that experience, as a vehicle. Dharmapala Centre - School of Thangka Painting. We will further examine how the body comes into play in the rituals of Tantra in the sections on Meditation and Mandala and Tara.