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temper tantrics: yab yum for all

Because Tantric art is meant to serve a religious, rather than an aesthetic purpose, and because artists believed that they acquired spiritual merit by copying prototypes, the art has not greatly changed over the centuries. The emphasis is not on … Continue reading

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thunderbolts- cosmic tantric devices

Both in Hindu and in Buddhist Tantric beliefs, the duality of the sexes was developed with particular emphasis. One of the cardinal doctrines was the worship of the spiritual-sexual principle: the union of opposites. Dhyana, or meditation as abstract thought, … Continue reading

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Taras and Bodhisattvas: long ago and far away

In the high Himalaya, mountain demons and Hindu deities fused with the Buddhist vision to create a magical art…. One of the last great remote areas of the world are the wind-swept mountain walled valleys of the Himalaya. Here a … Continue reading

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