Excuse me, there is nothing wrong in worshipping phallus or yoni

Last week, as I prepared for going on a week’s holiday, a friend of mine drew my attention to an article provocatively titled “Excuse me, I do not want to worship a phallus anymore”, which purported to show More...

Nath, Siddhacharyas, and Sabar Tantra

During the medieval era, roughly between the 9th and 13th century, there arose a group of spiritual adepts known popularly as the Nath Siddhas. Some accounts believe they were from North West India, but there is More...

Demystifying Tantra- V: Magic, Sex, Distortions and Divinity

[contextly_sidebar id=”VTQP6QXHqVB0mB8seDdStuXrlAXRofrG”] Earlier we have discussed the classification of tantric texts to help us make sense of the huge diversity of traditions. We have covered the More...

Demystifying Tantra-IV: Shakta tantras, Kaula tantras, Mantrashastra and Nibandhas

[contextly_sidebar id=”FuK9o27OYL3qGG4wIfNakWo3W2dMil45″] In the previous article, we had started an exercise of classifying tantric texts to help us make sense of the diversity of traditions, and to More...

Demystifying Tantra-III: Śaiva and Vaiṣṇava Tantras

[contextly_sidebar id=”euLkcKuZemLFvF1URNiov2zllkawOGSi”] The tantra śāstras are an integral part of Hinduism, and provide spiritual practitioners concrete guidelines to achieve spiritual ascendancy. More...