Studies on The Tantras

100

Man has a natural tendency to enjoyment, and does not generally welcome renunciation. He finds it difficult to call upon the Lord in a pure and simple way, and instinctively hugs to his bosom some amount of impurity in the midst of purity. Even through renouncing lust and wealth, he would like to have a passing glimpse of them. Hence it is that we find that immediately after stating distinctly in his sacred books that the worship of the Divine Mother should be performed in the purest way possible, he also makes room fore some queer sensuous songs in them on the plea that these will be pleasing on the Goddess.

Tantra

445

A complex body of religious practices that spread throughout the Hindu,Buddhist, and Jain traditions; a form of spirituality that seemingly combines sexuality, sensual pleasure ,and the full range of physical experience with the religious life – Tantra has played a central yet conflicted role in the Western imagination ever since the first ”discovery ” of Indian religions by European scholars. Always radical, always extremely other, Tantra has proved to be a key factor in the imagining of India. This book offers a critical account of how the phenomenon came to be.

The Tantra of Sri Chakra ( bhavanopanishat )

600

The Sri-chakra is the representation of the Sri-vidya, it is the chief instrument through which the mother goddess is propitiated. This book explains in great detail the symbolism behind the Sri-Chakra, the rituals involved in the worship of Sri-chakra and the textual background going back to the Vedas. The source materials have also been given.

Tantric Mantras Studies on Mantrasastra

750

For the first time, Andre Padoux’s work on Tantric mantras is made accessible to an English-speaking readership. This book will be of great interest to scholars of Religious Studies, Theology, Indology, South Asian Studies and Asian Religion.