Sex and Sadhana - Vivekananda

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93,

>From this quotation it is not clear, what did Vivekananda mean by

"corrupted form"...

 

In any case, myself i prefer to rely on gurus and scriptures of Kula

rather though on some other traditions and opinions.

 

Regards,

A.

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THE ULTIMATE AUTHORITY IS ONE'S OWN GURU AND PARAMPARA; THE OTHERS ARE JUST

INFORMATION AND VIEWES TO BE CONSIDERED HOWSOEVER HIGH THE AUTHORITY MAYBE.

kochu

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, devishakti_india

<devishaktiindia@g...> wrote:

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> SWAMI VIVEKANANDA ON TANTRAS WHEN SOMEONE ASKED A QUESTION :

> (COMPLETE WORKS BOOK 7 )

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> I denounce only the present day corrupted form of Vamachara of the

Tantras.

> I do not denounce the Mother-worship of the Tantras, or even the real

> Vamachara. The purport of the Tantras is to worship women in a spirit of

> divinity. During the downfall of Buddhism, the Vamachara became

corrupted

> and that corrupted form obtains to the present day. Even now the

literature

> of India is influenced by those ideas. I denounonly those corrupt and

> horrible practices. I never objected to the worship of women, who

are living

> embodiment of worship of women whose external manifestations,

appealing to

> the senses have maddened men, but those internal manifestations, such as

> knowledge, devotion, discrimination and dispassion make a omniscient of

> unfailing purpose, and a knower of Brahman-"Shesha prasanaa vardaa

krunam

> bhavati nuktay" – She, when pleased, becomes propitious and the cause of

> freedom of man" ( Chandi 1.57). Without propitiating Mother by

worship and

> obeisance, not even Brahma and Vishnu have the power to elude Her

grasp and

> attain freedom,

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> Even in the 19th century Swami Vivekananda did speak on Tantras. lol

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> devishakti_india

> ( divyabhakti )

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