• types of methods they employ and how they use desire (kama). Kriyā (Tib. bya ba, Action) tantras were taught for practitioners of lower ability who have an...
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    types of tantras: outward oriented Kriya tantras (which contain much ritual directed as external objects like a Buddha statue) and the Yoga tantras which...
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  • Kriya or Kriya Yoga may also refer to: Kriya Yoga in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Kriya Yoga school, a modern yoga school Kriya, a class of Tantra in...
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    Kriya Yoga (Sanskrit: क्रिया योग) is a yoga system which consists of a number of levels of pranayama, mantra, and mudra, intended to rapidly accelerate...
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    Vajrayana (redirect from Buddhist Tantra)
    later came to be classified under Kriya tantra, and states that mantras taught in the Shaiva, Garuda and Vaishnava tantras will be effective if applied by...
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  • Mañjuśrī-mūla-kalpa (category Buddhist tantras)
    bodhisattva of wisdom, Mañjuśrī. In Tibetan Buddhism it is classified as a Kriyā-tantra. According to Sanderson (2009: 129) and the study by Matsunaga (1985)...
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    The Lakshmi Tantra (Sanskrit: लक्ष्मीतन्त्र, romanized: Lakṣmītantra) is one of the Pancharatra texts that is dedicated to the goddess Lakshmi and Narayana...
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    a female yidam, or meditational deity, and a long-life deity of the Kriya Tantra class in Tibetan Buddhism. She is typically depicted with a white frontal...
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    Chakra (section Hindu tantra)
    the techniques of breathing exercises, visualizations, mudras, bandhas, kriyas, and mantras are focused on manipulating the flow of subtle energy through...
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    offerings. Many early Buddhist Tantric texts, later termed "action Tantras" (kriyā tantra), are mostly collections of magical mantras or phrases for mostly...
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    Kundalini yoga (kuṇḍalinī-yoga) derives from kundalini, defined in tantra as energy that lies within the body, frequently at the navel or the base of the...
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    the main body of tantras in the Kangyur and was accepted by most Indian and Tibetan Sarma masters. The four classes of tantra are: Kriya yoga (Tib. bya...
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    Maithuna (Devanagari: मैथुन) is a Sanskrit term for sexual intercourse within Tantra (Tantric sex), or alternatively for the sexual fluids generated or the couple...
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  • the universe in Tantra. In Shaivism, iccha-shakti represents one of the five shaktis of Shiva, alongside adi-shakti, parama-shakti, kriya-shakti, and jnana-shakti...
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    exist throughout the Buddhist world. Three texts are preserved in the Kriya Tantra of the Tibetan Kangyur in which Mārīcī (Tibetan: Ozer Chenma) is the...
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    fragmentary (about half) Jñānayaśas' Jātakastava Carya tantra Ādikarmapradīpa (a ritual manual) Kriyā tantra Āryamañjuśrīmūlakalpam Amoghapāśakalparāja Sahajayāna...
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    tradition, also called Trika Shaivism, is a non-dualist branch of Shaiva-Shakta Tantra Hinduism that originated in Kashmir after 850 CE. In its place of origin...
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    school, important tantras include the Guhyagarbha Tantra, the Guhyasamaja Tantra, the Kulayarāja Tantra and the 17 Dzogchen Tantras. In the Sarma schools...
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  • Yogashikha Upanishad Hamsa Upanishad Tantras Gandharva Tantra Kali Tantra Kularnava Tantra Mahanirvana Tantra Niruttara Tantra Stotras Bhaja Gaureesam[better source needed]...
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  • (1987). Jewel in the Lotus: The Sexual Path to Higher Consciousness. Kriya Jyoti Tantra Society. Singh, Jaideva (1991). The Yoga of Delight, Wonder, and Astonishment...
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    Yoga (section Tantra)
    texts began to emerge between the ninth and 11th centuries, originating in tantra. Yoga is practiced worldwide, but "yoga" in the Western world often entails...
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  • are numerous archaeological relics and artefacts, including books on Tantra Kriya and Ayurveda at the Mayong Central Museum and Emporium, which was opened...
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    is one of the Mahavidyas, ten goddesses from the esoteric tradition of Tantra, and a ferocious aspect of Mahadevi, the Hindu Mother goddess. The self-decapitated...
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  • The Agamic traditions are sometimes called Tantrism, although the term "Tantra" is usually used specifically to refer to Shakta Agamas. The Agama literature...
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    Kundalini (category Hindu tantra)
    base of the spine, in the muladhara. It is an important concept in Śhaiva Tantra, where it is believed to be a force or power associated with the divine...
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    Marshall Govindan (category Kriya yogis)
    Satchidananda) is a Kriya Yogi, author, scholar and publisher of literary works related to classical Yoga and Tantra and teacher of Kriya Yoga. He is the...
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    Keshavananda Brahmachari (category Kriya yogis)
    Yogiraj Swami Keshavananda Brahmachari (1830-1942) was a Kriya Yogi and master of the Tantras from West Bengal . He was an important disciple of Sri Shyamacharan...
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    mainstreams of kriya yoga teaching: one of Paramahamsa Yogananda and the other of Paramahamsa Satyananda. At the Bihar School of Yoga the advanced Kriya Yoga has...
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    The Kulayarāja Tantra (Tibetan phonetically: Kunjed Gyalpo, Tibetan: ཀུན་བྱེད་རྒྱལ་པོའི་རྒྱུད་, Wylie: Kun-byed Rgyal-po'i Rgyud; English: "All-Creating...
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    not just oneself, but all sentient beings from Saṃsāra. Kriyā (Wylie: bya ba'i rgyud), Tantra of Action which involves ritual, mantra repetition and visualization...
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