Defined primarily as a technique-rich style of spiritual practice, Tantra has no single coherent doctrine ; rather, it developed different teachings in connection with the different religions that adopted the Tantric method.

The practical consequence of this view was that not only could householders aspire to spiritual liberation in the Tantric system, they were the type of practitioner that most Tantric manuals had in mind.

Sarkar aka Shrii Shrii Anandamurti also describes who is a tantric and what is the " tantric cult ": " A person who, irrespective of caste, creed or religion, aspires for spiritual expansion or does something concrete, is a Tantric.

So wherever there is any spiritual practice it should be taken for granted that it stands on the Tantric cult ".

This idea was summed up in the title of the book, the Tantric metaphor of " Riding the Tiger " which in general practice, consisted of turning things that were considered inhibitory to spiritual progress by mainstream Brahmanical society ( for example, meat, alcohol and in very rare circumstances, sex, were all employed by Tantric practitioners ) into a means of spiritual transcendence.

Blending easily with elements of Shinto practice and the pre-Buddhist folk traditions of sangaku-shinkō-“ spiritual practices connected with sacred mountains ”, these imported teachings, combining Chinese Tantric Buddhism, Chinese Yin-Yang magic, Taoism and, at a later date, Tibetan Vajrayāna Buddhism, evolved to become the esoteric Japanese tradition that is Mikkyō.

An article by Sarah Caldwell in the academic journal Nova Religio ( 2001 ) argued that Muktananda was both an enlightened spiritual teacher and a covert practitioner of an esoteric form of Tantric sexual yoga.

His system of spiritual practice has been described as a practical synthesis of Vedic and Tantric philosophies.

Its system of spiritual practice has also been explained as a practical synthesis of Vedic and Tantric philosophies.

She developed the term Left-Hand Path as a translation of the term Vama-marga, an Indian Tantric practice that emphasised the breaking of Hindu societal taboos by having sexual intercourse in ritual, drinking alcohol, eating meat and assembling in graveyards, as a part of the spiritual practice.

As he understands it ( following the Tantric dichotomy of Shiva and Shakti ), Chit or Consciousness is not an inert and passive principle ; but contains the potential spiritual Energy, Tapas, which in Creation becomes the dynamic and creative principle or Force, called Shakti.

Lu Sheng-Yen (, born 27 June 1945 ), commonly referred to by followers as Grand Master Lu ( 師尊 ) is the founder and spiritual leader of the True Buddha School, a new Buddhist sect with teachings taken from Sutrayana and Vajrayana ( Tantric Buddhism ), as well as Taoism.

Mircea Eliade has compared these Borborite beliefs and practices involving Barbēlō to Tantric rituals and beliefs, noting that both systems have a common goal of attaining primordial spiritual unity through erotic bliss and the consumption of menses and semen.

The word was used in a spiritual context by the north Indian Tantric Siddha master Saraha in the 8th century CE:

In her writings she aimed at showing how different spiritual systems share a common source, and therefore refers to Vedantic, Buddhist, Samkhyan, Tantric, Neoplatonic, Ancient Egyptian, Kabbalistic, and Occult systems.

: The traditional interpretation of Tripurã's name in Tantric soteriology involves a rather technical discussion of different levels of spiritual insight and worldly accomplishment, the fate of the individual soul ( ātman ) in the karmic process, and the concepts of external ( bahir -) and internal sacrifice ( antaryāga ).

A Tantric Buddhist practitioner cannot rely solely on listening or reading spiritual doctrines, or simply worshiping and paying respect to buddhas and bodhisattvas as the method to achieve the goal of spiritual liberation.

Agamavagisha instructed Ramprasad in Tantric sadhanas ( spiritual disciplines ) and worship of Kali.

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The idea of spinning mantras relates to numerous Tantric practices whereby the Tantric practitioner visualizes mantras revolving around the nadis and especially around the meridian chakras such as the heart and crown.

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The word " Tāntrika " is used for followers of the Tantras in Shaivism, but Buddhist practices based on the Tantras do not use the word Tantric to refer to themselves.

The historical significance of the Tantric method lies in the fact that it impacted every major Indian religion extant in the early medieval period ( c. 500-1200 CE ): thus the Hindu sects of Shaivism, Shaktism and Vaishnavism, as well as Buddhism and Jainism all developed a well-documented body of Tantric practices and related doctrines.

Tantric ideas and practices spread far outside of India, into Tibet, Nepal, China, Japan, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Indonesia.

However, we may justifiably use the general term Tantra to denote all the teachings and practices found in the scriptures called or, a synonym ( hence we could equally substitute the adjective Āgamic anywhere we might use Tantric ).

While sexual practices do exist within the very wide tradition of Hindu Tantra, the Kama Sutra is not a Tantric text, and does not touch upon any of the sexual rites associated with some forms of Tantric practice.

These new Tantric cults of Buddhism introduced Mantra, Mudra and Mandala along with six tantric Abhicharas ( practices ) such as Marana ( Death ), Stambhana, Sammohana, Vidvesan, Uchchatana and Vajikarana.

Since the Khan conquered China and established the Yuan Dynasty which lasted from 1271 to 1368, this led to the renewal in China of the Tantric practices which had died out there many years earlier.

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This is comparable to similar Tantric practices.

Supported by royal patronage, the Buddhist school gradually spread to the village level in the next three centuries although Tantric, Mahayana, Brahmanic, and animist practices remained heavily entrenched at all social strata.

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This position is considered very important in Tibetan Tantric practices of deity yoga, where the guru or deity is often visualised above the crown, and then bestowing blessings below ( for example in the Vajrasattva purification meditation ).

The Drukpa Lineage was founded in western Tibet by Drogon Tsangpa Gyare Yeshe Dorje ( 1161 – 1211 ), a student of Ling Repa who mastered the Tantric Buddhism practices of the mahamudra and six yogas of Naropa at an early age.

In Tantric Buddhism this list was incorporated into ritual practices, and later became enshrined in mantras.

In Contemporary Buddhism, 1: 2, 141 – 198 < sup ></ sup ></ ref > have used the term " Tantric Theravāda " to refer to certain practices found particularly in Cambodia.

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Given that ' sex is holy to a Tantric ... Tantric art, writings and religious rituals glorify sex '.

She is taken by the priests to undergo a number of secret Tantric rituals to cleanse her body and spirit of her past experiences.

One hundred and eight mudras are used in regular Tantric rituals.

Tantric rituals surrounding him are only given to students initiated in esoteric Buddhist lineages by an approved teacher.

They perform rituals in temples of Kerala based on Tantra Vidhi, a complex and ancient branch of Tantric traditions found only in Kerala, and some Mahakshetras (" Great Temples ") around India ( which have a Nambudiri acting as the Head Priest ).

The scholar Donald Lopez questions whether the ' initiations ' that Govinda received are to be understood in the traditional Tibetan way of the term, i. e., as an empowerment by a Lama to carry out Tantric rituals or meditations.