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Tantra Yoga is a holistic approach to the study of the universal from the point of view of the individual: the study of the macrocosm through the study of the microcosm. Tantra Yoga provides a practical means of realizing the highest ideals of philosophy in daily life. Instead of separating and categorizing the different areas of human knowledge, Tantra Yoga draws them together. Tantra Yoga studies the tree of life itself instead of limiting itself to any single branch of the tree. This tree is a microcosm and the objective of Tantra Yoga is to merge with the Source by the arousal and channeling of sexual energy.
Tantra yoga suggests that sexuality can be a very powerful force that can be harnessed for increased self-awareness (self-realization). Thus, tantra yoga is unusual, in that it not only allows sexual feelings and contact, but uses sexual experience with discipline and practice to awaken the higher states of consciousness as a means to enlightenment.
All practices such as yamas, niyamas, asanas, pranayama, pratayhara, dharana, dhyana, and all yogic paths such as karma yoga, bhakti yoga, jnana yoga, raja yoga, laya yoga (kundalini yoga), hatha yoga, mantra yoga (nada yoga), kriya yoga, swara yoga, and so on, are all an integral part of tantra.
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“I would like to say it in this way, in such a way: where Yoga ends, Tantra starts. The highest peak of Yoga is the beginning of Tantra – and Tantra leads you to the ultimate goal. Yoga can prepare you for Tantra, that’s all, because the final thing is to be effortless.” ~ Excerpt from: Osho’s: The Supreme Understanding, Chapter 1: The Ultimate Experience |