To be Ejaculated : Misconceptions about Tantra

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A while back our own DB wrote two very nice articles on

the traditions within SriVidya. It might be time to

dust these off, lest we get all tangled up in a debate

on terminology.

 

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From the second of the two following articles/links:

 

" The Kaulachara " toolbox " does indeed include such sensational

rituals as the panchamakara, the yoni puja and so on. But such

rituals are, in fact, " exotics " -- used once in a great while by some

sadhaks in some circumstances, and by many others not at all.

Perhaps the most common " body worship " acts in Kaulachara are the

nyasas, which are totally unobjectionable [....] "

 

, jose rodriguez

<rocketrodz wrote:

>

> Friends:

>  

> Tantra has nothing to do with sex.

>  

> That is that.

>

> --- On Mon, 12/1/08, NMadasamy <nora wrote:

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> NMadasamy <nora

>

> The only thing that need to be ejaculated in Tantra is this

> misconception. .... and you are definitely right, people who know

> nothing about tantra will never be able to ejacuated anything...

>

> , copulation

<vasanth2411@ ...>

> wrote:

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> > I think in tantra, sex is done without ejaculation energy produced

> during the ejaculation is absorbed inside self. this is more to the

> part of meditation

> >

> > --- On Mon, 12/1/08, sankara menon <kochu1tz@ .> wrote:

> > sankara menon <kochu1tz@ .>

> >

> > I have time and again said tantra is NOT random sex

> with multiple partners. I am tired of saying it

> >

> >

> >

> > > On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 2:30 PM, Shankari Kali

> >

> > <shankari_kali@ ...>wrote:

> >

> > > [....] I was on a New Age group

> >

> > > > and happened to mention something about Tantra, and the

> >

> > individual wrote me

> >

> > > > back speaking about the Kama Sutra and rather obnoxious sexual

> >

> > connotations

> >

> > > > with the word " Tantra " .

> >

> >

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