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\u003cidmap v:ext=\"edit\" data=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/idmap\u003e \u003c\/shapelayout\u003e\u003c\/xml\u003e\u003c![endif]--\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"Section1\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Book\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eRabindranath\u003c\/span\u003e Tagore, the founder of \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eVisva-Bharati\u003c\/span\u003e, favored learning on Buddhism through languages like Sanskrit, \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"GramE\"\u003epali\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e, Chinese and Tibetan. In \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eSantiniketan\u003c\/span\u003e the invitation of Sylvain Levi in 1921 is termed as the starting of Buddhist Studies at \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eVisva-Bharati\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eRabindranath\u003c\/span\u003e Tagore himself was a student in the classes of Professor Levi in the early twenties of the past century, along with M.V. Shastri and P.C. \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eBagchi\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe Centre for Buddhist Studies, \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eVisva-Bharati\u003c\/span\u003e, was launched in 2007 under the Scheme of Social Epoch Making Thinkers of the University Grants commission. The activities of the Centre (CBS) are class lectures in form of certified Training programs on Buddhism as well as specialized classes on Buddhist cultures and languages of Mongolia (2010-11), \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eBhotia\u003c\/span\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eLadakh\u003c\/span\u003e 2011-12, \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eSikkimese\u003c\/span\u003e 2012-13, Dzongkha 2013-14), as well as \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003ePali\u003c\/span\u003e and Buddhist Sanskrit; Special Lectures Series (Buddhist Art and Architecture 2011-12), International Seminars with special focus on research on \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003ePrajnaparamita\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003emedivial\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantrik\u003c\/span\u003e Literature in the Indo-Tibetan Interface, Film Shows and exhibitions. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;text-align:center; text-indent:-.5in\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eProf. (Dr.) Andrea \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eLoseries\u003c\/span\u003e has studied in Paris, \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eSantiniketan\u003c\/span\u003e, and Vienna from where she received her PH.D. \u003cspan class=\"GramE\"\u003ein\u003c\/span\u003e Ethnology, \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTibetology\u003c\/span\u003e and Buddhist Studies. She is an expert on comparative cultural history and Buddhist \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantrik\u003c\/span\u003e rituals and arts. She has published over hundred articles and several \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003emonographies\u003c\/span\u003e in German and English, has produced a number of film documentaries, was curator of several exhibition on Tibetan and contemporary art and convener of ten international conferences. Among her published works are ‘Path to Nature’s Wisdom: An ecological Dialogue between Alps \u0026amp; Himalayas’ (2003), ‘Tibetan \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eMahayoga\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantra\u003c\/span\u003e (2007), ‘Social Significance of Buddhism in the Asian World (2008) and ‘Tibetan Art Calendar’ (Wisdom Publ. 1998-2007). At present she is senior Professor in the Department of Indo-Tibetan Studies and Director of the Centre for Buddhist Studies, \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eVisva\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eBharati\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eSantiniketan\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"GramE\"\u003eWest\u003c\/span\u003e Bengal. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantra\u003c\/span\u003e (Skr.; ‘continuum’,\u003cspan class=\"GramE\"\u003e ‘connection’\u003c\/span\u003e, ‘fabric’; \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTib\u003c\/span\u003e. \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003erGyud\u003c\/span\u003e) along with the Vedas, the \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eUpanisad\u003c\/span\u003e, the \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003ePuranas\u003c\/span\u003e and the Bhagavad-Gita is part of the \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eSanatana\u003c\/span\u003e-Dharma, the ‘eternal religion’ of Hinduism. Its central theme is divine energy (‘\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003esakti\u003c\/span\u003e) personified as Devi or goddess, the female divine aspect represented as the consort of Siva, taking up various manifestation, peaceful such as \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eLaksmi\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eSarasvati\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eUma\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eGauri\u003c\/span\u003e, or wrathful like Kali and \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eDurga\u003c\/span\u003e, and their union with Siva.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt also defines unorthodox \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantrik\u003c\/span\u003e writing and practice instructions that are only to be Known and practiced by those persons who are willing and capable to undergo a strict spiritual discipline unless they may take serious harm. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn Hindu tradition two main \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantrik\u003c\/span\u003e schools have emerged: the dangerous ‘Left Hand \u003cspan class=\"GramE\"\u003ePath’ (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eVamacara\u003c\/span\u003e) involving liberal feasts, and the ‘Right Hand Path’ (\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eDaksinacara\u003c\/span\u003e) involving purifying rituals, spiritual discipline and absolute devotion to the Divine Mother. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eEach \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantra\u003c\/span\u003e treats five main subjects: the creation of the World, its dissolution, the adoration of the deity in its in female or male aspect, the achievement of supernatural powers, and various yogic methods for realizing union with the Highest such as \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eBhakti\u003c\/span\u003e-yoga, \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eKundalini\u003c\/span\u003e etc. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantrik\u003c\/span\u003e treatises are mostly composed between Siva and \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eSakti\u003c\/span\u003e, aiming at awakening the cosmic power (\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eKundalini-Sakti\u003c\/span\u003e) through various meditations. For the rituals five items are essential: wine (\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003emadya\u003c\/span\u003e), meat (\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003emamsa\u003c\/span\u003e), fish (\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003ematsya\u003c\/span\u003e), mystical gestures and roasted wheat (\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003emudra\u003c\/span\u003e) and sexual intercourse (\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003emaithuna\u003c\/span\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIn Tibetan Buddhist Traditions the term \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantra\u003c\/span\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eRgyud\u003c\/span\u003e) IS used to define various cult and texts such as medical and astrological writings and meditations systems generally defined as \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eVajrayana\u003c\/span\u003e, a system of teaching revealed by Buddha \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eSakyamuni\u003c\/span\u003e in his manifestation as \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eDharmakaya\u003c\/span\u003e. It is a system that is strongly that is strongly based on human experience and describes the spiritual development in the categories of base (\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003egzhi\u003c\/span\u003e), path (lam) and fruit (‘bras \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003ebu\u003c\/span\u003e), the base being the practitioner who uses the path for purifying the base in order to achieve the fruit, which is the result of his practice. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe Tibetan tradition speaks of mainly four \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantra\u003c\/span\u003e classes: \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eKriya-Tantra\u003c\/span\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003ebya\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eba\u003c\/span\u003e ‘I \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003ergyud\u003c\/span\u003e), \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eCarya-Tantra\u003c\/span\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003espyod\u003c\/span\u003e pa ‘I \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003ergyud\u003c\/span\u003e), Yoga-\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantra\u003c\/span\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003ernal\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003ebyor\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003egyi\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003ergyud\u003c\/span\u003e) and \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eAnuttara-Tantra\u003c\/span\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eblana\u003c\/span\u003e med pa ‘I \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003ergyud\u003c\/span\u003e), depending on the various levels of spiritual capacities of a practitioner. The most important \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eAnuttara-Tantras\u003c\/span\u003e are \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eGuhyasamaja-Tantra\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eCakrasamvara\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eHavajra\u003c\/span\u003e, \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eKalacakra\u003c\/span\u003e etc.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe ‘old’ \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantras\u003c\/span\u003e of the \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003erNying\u003c\/span\u003e ma pa School differentiate \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eAnuttara-Tantra\u003c\/span\u003e into \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eMaha\u003c\/span\u003e-\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eAnu\u003c\/span\u003e-and \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eAti\u003c\/span\u003e-Yoga (\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003erDzogs\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"GramE\"\u003echen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e). Basis of the \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003erNying\u003c\/span\u003e ma \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantrik\u003c\/span\u003e practice system is the acceptance of the fundamental purity of mind. One of the most eminent \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantras\u003c\/span\u003e of this tradition is \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eGuhyagarbha-Tantra\u003c\/span\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003egSang\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eba\u003c\/span\u003e ‘\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003ei\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003esNying\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003epo’i\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003erGyud\u003c\/span\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe main feature of these systems is the thinking in polarities involving subtle sexual symbolism for the dissolution of duality by the union of \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eUpaya\u003c\/span\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003ethabs\u003c\/span\u003e), method, as the male principle, with the female principle of wisdom \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eprajna\u003c\/span\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eshes\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003erab\u003c\/span\u003e). \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAt the time of the Indian \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eSiddha\u003c\/span\u003e tradition there was no rigid boundary or distinction between Hindu and Buddhist \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantrik\u003c\/span\u003e adherents, as both introduced a body of scriptures called \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantras\u003c\/span\u003e for which they claimed divine revelation. And it is the skillful synthesis of diverse elements of Indian culture that gave \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantrik\u003c\/span\u003e Buddhism its vigor and viability. \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantrik\u003c\/span\u003e Buddhists encountered their Hindu counterparts at cremation grounds at cremation ground and pilgrimage place, yogis and \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eyoginis\u003c\/span\u003e of mainly \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003esakta\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003esaivite\u003c\/span\u003e traditions. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eOne of the earliest \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eYogini\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantras\u003c\/span\u003e is the \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eHevajra\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantra\u003c\/span\u003e, which dates from approximately the eighth century. It was found by \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eSaroruha\u003c\/span\u003e and commented by the \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eMahasiddha\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eKanha\u003c\/span\u003e (or \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eKrisnacarya\u003c\/span\u003e) in the text called \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eYogaratnamala\u003c\/span\u003e, written in the ninth century. \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eKrisnacarya\u003c\/span\u003e is listed among the 84 Buddhist \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eMahasiddhas\u003c\/span\u003e and was a progenitor of the \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eKaula\u003c\/span\u003e school of \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantra\u003c\/span\u003e. In his \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eCarya\u003c\/span\u003e songs he proclaims himself to be a \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eKapalika\u003c\/span\u003e Yogi. \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eKanha\u003c\/span\u003e also is a revealer of the \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eCakrasamvari\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantra\u003c\/span\u003e, so is \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eLuipa\u003c\/span\u003e, who is most probably identical with \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eMatsyendranatha\u003c\/span\u003e, the teacher of the famous \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eGorakhanatha\u003c\/span\u003e. Therefore the influence of the 84 \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eMahasiddhas\u003c\/span\u003e in the existing Hindu \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantrik\u003c\/span\u003e schools such as the \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eNatha\u003c\/span\u003e Yogis, the \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eAughoris\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eBauls\u003c\/span\u003e, should not be underestimated. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantrik\u003c\/span\u003e tradition of Tibet survived the Buddhist Diaspora and the aftermath of King \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eLangdarma’s\u003c\/span\u003e reign ( 9\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century) in the-according to later Tibetan Buddhist hagiographers-‘infamous’ non-monastic snags pa tradition, the ‘Mantra holders’, who-in the voice of later monastic hagiographers-were subject to evil spells and unconventional practices. This took a turn with the second spread of Buddhism in Tibet, under the auspices of the Indian \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003ePandit\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eAtisa\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eDipamkara\u003c\/span\u003e (11\u003csup\u003eth \u003c\/sup\u003ecentury), who invited to West Tibet, inaugurated a movement of coming back to the of Mahayana and the ideal of Bodhisattva, meaning correct livelihood and being a good and subordinate subject to the state government. The conflation of the monastic Mahayana and the non-celibate \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantrik\u003c\/span\u003e paradigms required explicit synthesis. In the later centuries, under the influence of the \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003ebka\u003c\/span\u003e’ dam pa School and with the institutionalization of monasticism, supported by the adaptation of the reincarnation system (\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003esprul\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003esku\u003c\/span\u003e) from the 12\u003csup\u003eth \u003c\/sup\u003ecentury onwards, ritual behavior pattern started to change dramatically, a movement to be continued till now in exile.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e All Tibetan \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantrik\u003c\/span\u003e transmission lineages, alive and unbroken till date, derived from illustrious Indian Masters and \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eMahasiddhas\u003c\/span\u003e, many of them were from Bengal. In contemporary Bengal itself \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantra\u003c\/span\u003e is still practiced at the \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eamasanas\u003c\/span\u003e of the great \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003epitha\u003c\/span\u003e sites, while some aspects of \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantrik\u003c\/span\u003e traditions were absorbed into more moderate spiritual movements, focusing on \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003ebhakti\u003c\/span\u003e, such as \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eVaisnavism\u003c\/span\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eGenerally in Tibetan tradition it is said, the pre-requisite for \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantra\u003c\/span\u003e practice are a profound experience of the Void through meditative and analytical insight, a thorough renunciation of worldly attachments and deep and boundless compassion for all living beings. Thus matured one may find an impeccable master who holding the transmission of an unbroken lineage has realized the teachings and is willing to transmit gradually the complete empowerments, authorizations and individual instructions to a committed disciple with unshakeable devotion and faith. During the time of training the disciple has to prove \u003cspan class=\"GramE\"\u003ehimself\u003c\/span\u003e by undergoing strenuous preliminaries, long solitary reclusions and repeated challenges, examinations and a personal initiation by his or her master. Of greatest value for proceeding on the path without failure are the sacred commitments (\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003esamaya\u003c\/span\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eIt is said that the Path of the Secret Mantras or \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eVajrayana\u003c\/span\u003e is short-one may reach enlightenment within one, at the latest within three life times only. But it is sharp as a razor blade one balances on at the peak of a glacier. One is sure to fall to death in one single moment of distraction. There are Fourteen Root \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantrik\u003c\/span\u003e Vows, eighteen Secondary and two additional secondary \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantrik\u003c\/span\u003e Vows to be held. \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eEkposing\u003c\/span\u003e the secrets of \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantra\u003c\/span\u003e to those who are not initiated is the seventh Root Down fall. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align:justify\"\u003eHow and why can we discuss this profound and sacred vehicle for enlightenment bound to the oath of secrecy in an academic forum? \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-left:.5in;text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ctable class=\"MsoNormalTable\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"99%\" style=\"width:99.32%;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 0in 0in\"\u003e \u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003ctd width=\"77%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:77.04%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003eIntroduction to the theme\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"22%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:22.96%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003e1\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:1;height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003ctd width=\"77%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:77.04%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003eBeginning of \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantrik\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eStudies:The\u003c\/span\u003e Works of \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eCsoma\u003c\/span\u003e de \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eK\"oro\"s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"22%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:22.96%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003e9\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:2;height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003ctd width=\"77%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:77.04%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003eTantra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003e as Persistent Counter-Culture: An Indic Play Ethic and its Global Outreach\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"22%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:22.96%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003e16\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:3;height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003ctd width=\"77%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:77.04%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003ePhilosophy and Hermeneutics of Buddhist \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"22%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:22.96%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003e26\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:4;height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003ctd width=\"77%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:77.04%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003eKundalini\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003e yoga and the Concept of Devi in \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eSankaracarya's\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eSaundaryalahari\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"22%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:22.96%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003e39\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:5;height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003ctd width=\"77%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:77.04%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003eReview\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"22%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:22.96%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003e54\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:6;height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003ctd width=\"77%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:77.04%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003eBodhipathapradipa\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003e and its Importance in Tibetan Buddhism\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"22%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:22.96%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003e58\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:7;height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003ctd width=\"77%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:77.04%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003eThe Alchemy of Vision in Tibetan \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantrik\u003c\/span\u003e Practice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"22%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:22.96%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003e64\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:8;height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003ctd width=\"77%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:77.04%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003eThe Journey to the Goddess Tara Adoption and Adaptation of a Buddhist Goddess in\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"22%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:22.96%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003e70\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:9;height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003ctd width=\"77%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:77.04%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003eHindu \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantrik\u003c\/span\u003e Worship\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"22%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:22.96%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:10;height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003ctd width=\"77%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:77.04%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003eThe \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eViracara\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eTantrik\u003c\/span\u003e Practice of \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eNimba-vasini\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"22%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:22.96%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003e86\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:11;height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003ctd width=\"77%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:77.04%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003eSahajasiddhi\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003e (\u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eLhan\u003c\/span\u003e cig \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eskyes\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003egrup\u003c\/span\u003e) of 'Sri \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eDombi\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"SpellE\"\u003eHeruka:A\u003c\/span\u003e Hermeneutic Exposition\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"22%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:22.96%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" align=\"center\" style=\"margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color:black\"\u003e96\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr style=\"mso-yfti-irow:12;height:15.0pt\"\u003e \u003ctd width=\"77%\" nowrap valign=\"bottom\" style=\"width:77.04%;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; 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