3.7.11 Tantra: Meditation
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This article is from the Magick Tantra FAQ, by Tyagi Nagasiva nagasiva@luckymojo.com, Catherine Yronwode cat@luckymojo.com with numerous contributions by others.
3.7.11 Tantra: Meditation
Some schools of Hindu and most schools of Buddhist
tantra yoga advocate meditation. The form this takes
varies by the base-religion that underlies the tantric
practices. Hindus tend toward visual meditation (e.g.
on a "yantra" or geometric diagram symbolizing sakti
{female energy} or on the figure and form of the
deity-of-choice (e.g. Kali, Siva, etc.) and sonic
meditation (e.g. on the sound "om"). Tantric Buddhist
meditation is as varied as the many schools of Buddhism
themselves. Taoist sexual alchemy mentions meditation
rarely; usually in later texts that have been
influenced by Hinduism. Karezzans treat little of
meditation in the Asian sense, describing it in
Transcendentalist terms, which correspond to what
some Asians call "contemplation."
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