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The Tantric Body: The Secret Tradition of Hindu Religion

The Tantric Body: The Secret Tradition of Hindu Religion

Hardcover

Hinduism

ISBN10: 1845110110
ISBN13: 9781845110116
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Oct 28 2005
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.90
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.60 Depth: 8.50
Language: English

Is tantra just about exotic sexual practice or does it amount to something more? This lively and original book contributes to a more complete understanding of tantra. It argues that within the different Hindu traditions, it is ritual and ascetic practice which fully explains corporeality. Without minimizing its sexual dimensions, Flood argues that the tantric body is more than just a sexual entity, and cannot be understood apart from the religious traditions and texts that give it form. Through ritual and yogic practice the body is formed into a pattern determined by these traditions, and the practitioner thereby strives to mould his or her life into the shape of the tradition.

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