Rāmakṛṣṇa’s Tantric Background

Imagining the body in tantric contemplative practice

Correspondence: [email protected] University of Colorado, 292 UCB, Eaton Humanities, Boulder, CO 80309-0292, USA Abstract This paper addresses imagination, focusing on two words, bhāvana and vikalpa, both frequently translated as "imagination," and addresses the connections imagination has with the body, specifically within the context of contemplative practices. Drawing primarily...

Psychophysiological correlates of the practice of Tantric Yoga meditation.

Autonomic and electroencephalographic (EEG) correlates of Tantric Yoga meditation were studied in three groups of subjects as they progressed from normal consciousness into meditation. Groups differed in their level of meditation proficiency. Measures of skin resistance, heart rate, respiration, autonomic orienting responses, resting EEG, EEG alpha and theta frequencies, sleep-scored EEG, avera...

An Exploration of Tibetan Tantric Buddhism and its Art

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Compassionate Violence?: On the Ethical Implications of Tantric Buddhist Ritual

Buddhism is often presented as a non-violent religion that highlights the virtue of universal compassion. However, it does not unequivocally reject the use of violence, and leaves open the possibility that violence may be committed under special circumstances by spiritually realized beings. This paper examines several apologetic defenses for the presence of violent imagery and rituals in tantri...

The Provocative Character of the “Mystical” Discourses on the Absolute Body in Indian Tantric Buddhism