Tantra – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
Tantra
n.
spiritual system for the wholesome development of human oneness and the visible world which combines elements of Hinduism and paganism including mystical or magical elements such as mudras or mantras and erotic rites; Hindu or Buddhist mystical or magical literature written in Sanskrit on ritualistic acts and ceremonial worship
Tantra
Tantra, also called
Tantrism and
Tantric religion, is an ancient
Hindu tradition of beliefs and meditation and ritual practices that seeks to channel the divine energy of the macrocosm or godhead into the human microcosm, to attain
siddhis and
moksha. It arose in
India no later than the
5th century CE, and it had a strong influence on both
Hinduism and
Buddhism.
Tantra
Noun
1. doctrine of enlightenment as the realization of the oneness of one's self and the visible world; combines elements of Hinduism and paganism including magical and mystical elements like mantras and mudras and erotic rites; especially influential in Tibet
(synonym) Tantrism
(hypernym) Buddhism
tantra
Noun
1. any of a fairly recent class of Hindu or Buddhist religious literature concerned with ritual acts of body and speech and mind
(hypernym) Sanskrit literature
Tantra
n.
Tantra, Hindu or Buddhist literature written in Sanskrit on ritualistic acts and ceremonial worship
tantra
nm.
Tantra, Hindu or Buddhist literature written in Sanskrit on ritualistic acts and ceremonial worship
SkyDancing Tantra
Westernized form of Tantra developed by Margo Anand, author of The Art of Sexual Ecstasy and the bestseller The Art of Sexual Magic. SkyDancing Tantra is an "approach to sexual ecstasy" that borrows from bioenergetics, NLP, shamanism, and transpersonal psychology. It supposedly "awakens" vitality and "hidden powers" of the brain. The Fall 1997 New York Open Center catalog described the expression "SkyDancing" as "an ancient metaphor for the ability to reach ecstatic states when love is experienced as a joyful meditation."
Tantra (Tantra Yoga)
Mode of lovemaking that involves breath control, "energy exchange" meditations, "techniques" of "sexual healing," and "transformative touch." Its theory posits "sexual energy."
Tantra toning
Apparently, a purported means of raising and releasing "energy" in the body. Its theory posits chakras and a "Vibrational healing power" in the human voice.
