Tantra Versus Religious Morality

Every tantra teacher is sooner or later faced with the tricky task of explaining to his students the difference between spirituality and being religious. These two concepts are often considered to be one and the same, maybe with minor variations. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Tantra is a spiritual path, and has nothing to do with religion. It has been argued that there are tantra deities who are worshiped, which makes it a religion. After all, idol worship is one of the hallmarks of religion. But as a tantra master, I want to clarify here that the tantra deities are, in fact, nothing but what we must strive to become. A tantric adept does not worship these deities as idols, but in the form of his or her beloved.

Religion exploits mankind’s innate fear of the unknown – fear of living a meaningless life, fear of death, fear of eternal damnation and fear of ostracism. The first and foremost objective of ancient tantra is to rid the practitioner of such fears. One of the most crippling fears that I encounter as a tantra teacher is the fear of sex itself.

Religious priests of all stripes have inculcated a feeling of wrongness about sex into the minds of the people they administer to. It is, in fact, a very clever thing to do – humans are sexual by nature, so sexuality will always manifest itself in their lives. This is necessarily true of other moral weaknesses such as greed or lack of humility. Sexuality is always present in human beings, so priests call it ‘lust’ and condemn it.

Tantra teaches us that our sexuality exists as our natural state, and that there is nothing ‘wrong’ or ‘sinful’ about it. It teaches us that we must recognize it as a divine gift – a gift with which we can express ourselves fully to our beloved. Once you recognize and accept this fact, almost every fear that the priests of the world have forced upon you fall away.

Sigmund Freud was right in stating that our sexuality is expressed in almost everything we do, and that its suppression leads to mental disorders. Ancient tantra is a path towards freedom from the oppression of religious regulation of your sexuality. While the tantric path has always been available to those who seek this freedom, the religions of the world have consistently condemned it as ‘evil’. Nothing that does not conform to the idols they advertise is condemned as ‘heathen’.

If you want to know more about the power of tantra and experience the freedom of self that it offers you, find a genuine tantra teacher and learn of this ancient spiritual path. When you learn tantra, you will experience a wondrous transformation is your relationship with your beloved – and an exhilarating freedom that you would never have thought possible.

Acharya Subhojit Dasgupta is a Tantra Teacher with deep knowledge of traditional Indian sciences. Visit his tantra online guide for Tantra Lessons from this young Tantra Master.

A Tantra Viewpoint Of Karma

Karma has been described in many ways, but in ancient tantra it takes on a whole different meaning. This is because tantra is the science of love – of our relationship with ourselves, with our beloved and with the Cosmos. As such, the concept of karma must, for the student of tantra, also be seen in the light of relationships.

Very fundamentally speaking, karma is the accumulated results of certain actions, or lack of them. If one was meant to do a certain thing and did not do it, karma is created. Likewise, if one was not meant to do a certain thing and yet did it, karma is created. It is unfinished business, which one has to finish in this or future lifetimes before one can ultimately join the Universal Whole.

Your tantra teacher will explain to you that if you have not wholeheartedly loved your man or woman, or have not been wholeheartedly been loved by him or her, there will be a karmic backlash. If you have utterly and completely loved your beloved, you are ensuring that it is finished – a job well done. You will carry no negative traces of this relationship into your next life – and you are free of any bondage or guilt in your current life.

This is a very important point to remember. For the ignorant, there may be no karmic backlash for an ineptly conducted relationship. They have no clue of their responsibilities in relationships, and experience them more or less at the instinctive level of animals. But for those who are learning tantra from an experienced tantra master, ignorance is no longer an excuse. They have been given the sacred knowledge of their divine nature, and with such knowledge comes responsibility.

Today, we find many people going from one bad relationship into the next without ever knowing that they are playing out their accumulated karma. They do not know that they are doomed to repeat all their old mistakes, and that they will never be free of their misery.

When you learn tantra, you are given the key to living life and experiencing relationships to the fullest extent. The deep insights that you gain into yourself, your beloved and your roles in the cosmic scheme of things allow you to rectify all flawed concepts and habits that hamper or destroy your relationships.

Are you ready to free yourself – and your relationship with your beloved – from the karmic cycle? It is never too late to do so. Find a qualified tantra teacher and find this freedom. Being free of the karmic influence of botched relationships is one of the greatest gifts you can ever receive.

Acharya Subhojit Dasgupta is a Tantra Teacher with deep knowledge of traditional Indian sciences. Visit his tantra online guide for Tantra Lessons from this young Tantra Master.

Is Tantra Meditation Different From Yoga Meditation?

As a matter of fact, there are distinct differences between tantra meditation and yoga meditation. They have different premises and the methods of practice are also different. Tantric meditation is one of the most important techniques taught by a tantra teacher as he is helping his students to understand the divine nature of their sexuality, and to overcome sexual inhibitions.

However, it does not necessarily involve sex. Tantric meditation is indeed an advanced method of delving within, connecting with the tantric deities and deriving understanding and power from them, and from the Cosmos.

Once you become adept at tantric meditation, your mind and body become vibrantly attuned to your natural desires – much like a perfectly tuned violin or piano. You are able to resonate to your partner’s own vibrations. When this happens, you will understand what it means to be in a state of constant readiness to engage in intimacy. Also, you will have overcome all your misconceptions and fears about physical intimacy.

In order to you to learn this form of meditation, your tantra master will gradually expose you to various mantras and mind states. The blockages that prevent the free flow of tantra energy between your chakras dissolve, leaving a clear path for the energy to flow.

These are the first steps towards unleashing of the kundalini, but it is still only an initial stage. Kundalini awakening must happen only once the mind and body have been sufficiently trained by tantra meditation. Nevertheless, you are tapping into this powerful source of energy as you practice this form of meditation.

A person whose mind has been trained by tantra meditation will be able to engage in physical intimacy for virtually unlimited periods, because the old concepts of what sex and orgasm are have been left behind. A sexual encounter between two partners who have attained proficiency in this kind of meditation takes place in what could be termed a trance.

Actually, it is nothing but a very high form of awareness and involvement with each other. There is no agenda, and there are no goals to reach. The only purpose is to stay in the moment in a state of complete worship of each other.

It should now be clear that tantric meditation and yoga meditation are very different concepts. While yogic meditation can bring about peace of mind and significantly improved health, the tantra version goes far beyond this and actually taps into one’s primeval energy. It is one of the most healing and exalting experiences that a human being is capable of. There are also various forms of tantra meditation, which I will discuss at a later stage.

Acharya Subhojit Dasgupta is a Tantra Teacher with deep knowledge of traditional Indian sciences. Visit his tantra online guide for Tantra Lessons from this young Tantra Master.