Tantras- Their Philosophy and Occult Secrets

In this book, an endeavour has been made to place before the readers the broad principles underlying the practice of the Tantric form of religion and to explain the philosophical principles determining its from of worship, the conception of Deity and its fundamental creed. The meanings of five Makars which have been misinterpreted by the uninformed have been explained clearly with reference to the Tantric texts. The chakra form of worship and its proper significance have been noted and explained by quoting different passages from the various texts of different authors on the subject. An attempt has been made to present an idea of the greatness of the Deity whom the Tantrics worship. The several preliminary steps to yoga practice leading to the penultimate state of samadhi, the physical processes adopted for the control of breath have also been discussed in the book.

India is the birth-place of religion and religious preachers and reformers. In this country many religious reformers endowed with divine virtues and accomplished with highly spiritual development appeared from time to time. These spiritual reformers gave new shapes and forms to religion according to the needs of time for the benefit of the people in general. Thus arose Saivism, Saktaism, Vaisnavism and Tantrism.

The subject of the Tantras is an abstruse one inasmuch as it is full of mysticism and consists of mystic rites and rituals connected there with which are wholly unintelligible to the uninitiated. The texts on the subject are numerous. Some of these deal with mystic rites, while others with time, processes and places of worship. In this book, an endeavour has been made to place before the readers the broad principles underlying the practice of the Tantric form of religion and to explain the philosophical principles determining its forms of worship, the conception of the Deity and its fundamental creed. The meanings of the five Makars which have been misinterpreted by the uninformed have been explained clearly with reference to the Tantric texts. The chakra form of worship and its proper significance have been noted and explained by quoting different passages from the various texts of different authors on the subject. An attempt has been made to present an idea of the greatness of the Deity whom the Tantrics worship. The several preliminary steps to yoga practice leading to penultimate state of samadhi, the physical processes adopted for the control of breath have also been discussed in the book. If the readers are benefited in anyway, our labours will be amply repaid.

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