--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Patrick Gillam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've read one or two people here describe themselves > as tantrics. What do you mean when you say that? > > No hidden agenda. Just want tantra defined by someone > who might be able to put it in context for me. > > Thanks.
There will probably be as many definitions of Tantra and what it means to follow a Tantric path as there are people here who identify with that path, and possibly more. I'll let the others give the more scholarly definitions, with the reminder that what an Indian, Hindu-based tradition thinks of as Tantra can be radically different from what a Tibetan, Buddhist-based group thinks of as Tantra. Me, I'll stick with the definition ofTantric Buddhism I once had to come up with for a book: To me, Buddhism is not the trappings that have built up around long-established Asian Buddhist traditions but the inner quest, the active pursuit of enlightenment, and the attempt to live a life worthy of that quest. Tantra is more difficult to define. Many traditional Tantric practices are highly ritualized and defined, and my path is anything but. The definition of Tantra that I am most comfortable with is that every experience one has in life is a potential spiritual teaching, if you are just weird enough to see it that way. Unc To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
