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Tantra Cult

Ratan Lal Basu

Copyright 2011 Ratan Lal Basu

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Contents

)art%& * +eaning and rigin)art%&&* Charas

)art%&&&* Nadis -Ri(ers.

)art%&/* Se, reed and ailure)art%/* alsehood

)art%/&* 3onesty and Ethics

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)art%&* +eaning and rigin

No "ody could tell when the tantra cult originated# &t appeared as a parallel to yogic cultwhich contained similar physiological postures and "reathing eercises and also the ultimate goal

o! sel! reali4ation and uni!ication with the supreme was the same# But they di!!ered radically as

regards the approach towards our desires, emotions and passions, especially those pertaining to!ood and se ha"its# The yoga cult considered all our physical desires as (ices and suggested

repression and a"stention !rom the (ery "eginning# n the other hand tantra considered our

worldly desires as natural and endowed us "y god# They are (ices so long as they remain crudeand con!ined to transitory grati!ication o! desires# So the tantric is recogni4e them as reality and

without repressing them he are to "e ta"oo !ree a"out all desires !or se and !ood# 3is endea(or

should "e to transcend the crude aspect and get all these desires su"limated to a higher plain# &nthis way se ultimately transcends to a le(el where the physical union o! the male and the !emale

transcends to the cosmic union o! 5purusa5 and 5prariti5#

The !irst e(idence o! these esoteric cults dates "ac to a"out 6000 B#C# Sculptures o! yogic

postures ha(e "een disco(ered in eca(ations pertaining to &ndus (alley ci(ili4ation# The !irst

literary e(idence o! esoteric cult is $thar(a /eda which is not considered as pious "y theorthodo /edic school# Later on there are innumera"le e(idences in Buddhist and 7ain tets and

the most systematic compilation in )atan'ali5s 58oga Sutra5 composed "etween 100 B#C# to 100$#9# Tantric cult e(ol(ed and too (arious !orms under /a4ra'an and :en schools o! Buddhism,

and Sata, /aisna" and Sai"a schools o! 3induism# 9uring the !i!teenth century the 3at 8oga

cult emerged "orrowing hea(ily !rom the physical rites o! tantra#The rigorous tantra cult o! the Sata school is popularly nown as tantrism in &ndia# This

school "elong to the /amachari Sata cult# Their descriptions o! inner human anatomy and

physiology are the closest to modern "io%scienti!ic disco(eries o! human economy# The tantra

cult de(eloped through o! millennia long trial and error "ut the tantrics had no scienti!ictheoretical nowledge and so they mied up mysticism and etra mundane speculati(e

philosophy with tantra# Their goal too was mystic, to resol(e the mystery o! li!e and death andunion with the creator o! the uni(erse#

)art%&&* Charas

Tantra cult descri"es se(en charas -wheels. in human "ody# Their locations are* coccy

-muladhar chara., sacrum -swadhisthan chara., lum"ar close to the na(el -manipur chara.,

thoracic close to the heart -anahata chara., cer(ical close to the throat -(isuddha chara., "aseo! the scull in "etween the angle o! the eyes and the pituitary gland -a'na chara. and top o! the

cere"rum -sahasrar chara.#

These charas rest at important ner(e pleuses, ma'or points o! contact "etween the central,

sympathetic and parasympathetic ner(ous systems and some ma'or endocrine glands#The tantrics lie the yogis "elie(e that our main source o! li!e !orce and (ital energy is

stored in a dormant !orm in the coccy# They get this shrouded in mystery "y (isuali4ing that

goddess undalini as the source o! our li!e !orce lies dormant in the coccy in a three and a hal!!old coil#

&n !act this is nothing "ut our li!e !orce in the !orm o! genetic code o! the 9N$# or ordinary

persons only an insigni!icant !raction o! the genetic possi"ilities "ecome mani!est# +oreo(er the


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coccy region is one o! the two most important !eed"ac centers -the other is at the top o! the

cere"rum. !or the central and autonomic -sympathetic and parasympathetic. ner(ous systems#

Central ner(ous system relates to our conscious nowledge# But most o! the (ital !unctionsare per!ormed without our conscious nowledge "y the autonomic ner(ous systems# They are

lie an etremely power!ul computer mechanism with programs em"edded in the genetic code#

nly a tiny !raction o! these programs are operati(e#The tantric rites through "reathing control and auto suggestions endea(ors to retrie(e !rom

the hard disc stored in the coccy the dormant genetic possi"ilities# They, howe(er, de!ine this

as awaening o! the undalini goddess, the supreme mother goddess responsi"le !or gi(ing shapeto the palpa"le uni(erse and the energies that !low through this uni(erse# She is lying dormant in

three and a hal! coil inside the muladhar chara# ;e are to "rea her sleep and let her mo(e

upwards along the path o! the charas toward the sahasrar chara at the top o! the cere"rum

where the supreme god 5purusa5 -the inert and in(isi"le creator "y whose command and will thesupreme mother goddess has created this (isi"le uni(erse#. ;ith the ascent o! the mother

goddess along the path de!ined "y the charas the tantric ac


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initial achie(ements and "ecause o! their degeneration they cannot continue !urther practices

properly# Their minds do not ele(ate in con!ormity with the ele(ation o! the genetic possi"ilities#

The most important reason is the !reedom !rom ta"oos resulting in a"'ect surrender to passions#The yogis !ail "ecause o! ruthless repression o! natural desires and tantrics !ail "ecause o! o(er

indulgence o! these desires#

The most important hindrance is se# Se is the most power!ul aspect o! our (ital !orce asnature demands !rom us in the !irst place that we procreate !or continuation o! the species#

There!ore the initial success o! tantric practice is accompanied "y empowerment o! li"ido and

seual capa"ilities and the power to attract the !emales into se orgies# So the tantric is carriedaway "y o"session with se and this disa"les him to continue !urther practice success!ully#

Some tantrics start maing a show o!! o! their ac This should "e "ased on real eperience o! those who practice the

rituals consistently and with sincerity#

or practicing these !iner asans, "reathing eercises, meditation and auto suggestions oneshould not go to the !orests, hills or cemeteries, nor should one worship gods and goddesses#

Necessity o! rituals with human sulls or seletons, animal or human sacri!ices to the goddess,

alcoholic or hashish addiction, dirty se orgies all are the creation o! per(erted and deranged

minds# These criminal and unclean acti(ities do not help tantric achie(ements# n the contrarythey lead to !urther degeneration o! mental and physical health#

)art%/&* 3onesty and Ethics

3onesty and ethics should "e associated with tantric practices# The mind should "e ele(ated

to a higher ethical plain along with tantric achie(ements# therwise power achie(ed "y thesepractices would "e harm!ul !or the society# )hysical eercises, "oing, martial art all these gi(e


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one physical prowess# ?nless the mind is controlled, the strength thus ac

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