"The rise of the tantras-the esoteric traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism-changed the face of religious practice across Asia, bringing elaborate new rites that revolved around ritual, a highly ...

In the seventh and eighth centuries, a new genre of Buddhist canonical literature began to emerge in India. The esoteric counterparts to the sutras, the new tantras purported to record the teachings ...

Please join us for a lecture by Jacob Dalton, Khyentse Foundation Distinguished University Professor in Tibetan Buddhism at UC Berkeley, for a lecture on "Evoking Enlightenment: The Rise of Poetic ...

Tantra is one of the oldest known arts of sacred sexuality practiced today. Although Tantra has long been practiced in many eastern cultures, it’s just beginning to flourish in the United States. Born ...

Well, this could get embarrassing. In the West, the word “Tantra” has, ahem, certain connotations. Sexual rites play a prominent role in Tantric practice, and, since the Sixties, the philosophical ...

Both Naga and Aghori sadhus follow Shaivism, but Aghoris also practice unconventional Tantric rituals. Nagas wear very less clothes with bodies smeared with ash, while Aghoris adorn themselves with ...