What is Tantra ? - Rajarshi Nandy -

Timeline :

0:49 Contemporary Tantra practices – History, evolution, two specific areas, Vedic ritualism, Tantric legitimacy, Kaliyuga, food.

5:36 Proto (original) Shaivism – Shiva Siddhanta, Non Siddhantika Shaivism, agamas, Sada shiva, differences, Svachanda Bhairava.

13:24 Shakta Tantra – Shakti component (deity), Kamakya, Kaula Tantra, Key aspects, deviations, Adhikara (Tantric).

20:51 Schools of Tantra – Srikula (southern), Kalikula (Northern & Eastern), practicing Mantra Sadhana.

22:47 Modes of conduct – Vedacharya, Vaishnavachara, Shaivachara, daksinacharya, Fundamentals of Tantric Upasana (Tarpan, Vamachara).

30:30 Differences in Tantric schools – Srikula (Panchmaakara), Kalikula (anukalps), Virachara (Divine, Upasana in cremation, Shiva Tantric practices).

39:34 Final Aim – Six Darshanas, Puranic texts, Cosmology, Shiva (Bhairava), Bursting misconceptions (Tantra).

47.23 – Q and A Session


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