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Huber, Toni (2008). The holy land reborn: pilgrimage & the Tibetan reinvention of Buddhist India. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. pp.94–95. ISBN 978-0-226-35648-8. Other methods which are associated with the completion stage in Tibetan Buddhism include dream yoga (which relies on lucid dreaming), practices associated with the bardo (the interim state between death and rebirth), transference of consciousness ( phowa) and Chöd, in which the yogi ceremonially offers their body to be eaten by tantric deities in a ritual feast.

Buswell, Robert E., ed. (2004), Encyclopedia of Buddhism, Macmillan Reference USA, ISBN 978-0-02-865910-7 Sanderson, Alexis. "The Śaiva Age: The Rise and Dominance of Śaivism during the Early Medieval Period." In: Genesis and Development of Tantrism, edited by Shingo Einoo. Tokyo: Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, 2009. Institute of Oriental Culture Special Series, 23, pp. 129-131. Davidson, Ronald M. Indian Esoteric Buddhism: A Social History of the Tantric Movement, p. 228, 231. The Sanskrit term " vajra" denoted a thunderbolt like a legendary weapon and divine attribute that was made from an adamantine, or an indestructible substance which could, therefore, pierce and penetrate any obstacle or obfuscation. It is the weapon of choice of Indra, the King of the Devas. As a secondary meaning, "vajra" symbolizes the ultimate nature of things which is described in the tantras as translucent, pure and radiant, but also indestructible and indivisible. It is also symbolic of the power of tantric methods to achieve its goals. [85] Sanderson, Alexis. "The Śaiva Age: The Rise and Dominance of Śaivism during the Early Medieval Period." In: Genesis and Development of Tantrism, edited by Shingo Einoo. Tokyo: Institute of Oriental Culture, University of Tokyo, 2009. Institute of Oriental Culture Special Series, 23, pp. 144-145.Garson, Nathaniel DeWitt; Penetrating the Secret Essence Tantra: Context and Philosophy in the Mahayoga System of rNying-ma Tantra, 2004, p. 37

Another form of Vajrayana practice are certain meditative techniques associated with Mahāmudrā and Dzogchen, often termed "formless practices" or the path of self-liberation. These techniques do not rely on deity visualization per se but on direct pointing-out instruction from a master and are often seen as the most advanced and direct methods. [79] Bahir, Cody R. (2018) Reformulating the Appropriated and Relinking the Chain: Challenges of Lineage and Legitimacy in Zhenyan Revivalisma b c d Tai Tu, Nguyen (2008). The History of Buddhism in Vietnam. Institute of Philosophy, pp. 98-99. Vietnamese Academy of Social Sciences The Council for Research in Values and Philosophy. Main article: Deity yoga An 18th century Mongolian miniature which depicts a monk generating a tantric visualization A Japanese depiction of the Amida Triad in Seed Syllable form ( Siddham Script). Visualizing deities in the form of seed syllables is a common Vajrayana meditation. In Shingon, one of the most common practices is Ajikan ( 阿字觀), meditating on the syllable A. In the world of Tantra you will often find teachers and schools calling themselves Tantrik (the traditional spelling) although what they are teaching is mostly Neo-Tantric, sacred sexuality practices that are very often completely unrelated to classical practices and philosophy. Many have taken some traditional ideas, innovated them with sexology work and new age energy practices. There is nothing necessarily wrong with these practices (in fact I love them and teach some of them)- the problems only arise from the murky boundaries that arise between spiritual teacher, innocent aspirant/ Tantric student and sexuality, which has led to abuse and the muddying of the word Tantra. So let’s understand this word- TANTRA. What is the Meaning of Tantra?

An, Saiping (July 2023). "The Reception of the Mantra of Light in Republican Period Chinese Buddhism". Religions. 14 (7): 818. doi: 10.3390/rel14070818. ISSN 2077-1444. Gray, David (2007), The Cakrasamvara Tantra (The Discourse of Sri Heruka): Śrīherukābhidhāna: A Study and Annotated Translation(Treasury of the Buddhist Sciences), pp. 73-74 Some Vajrayāna rituals traditionally included the use of certain taboo substances, such as blood, semen, alcohol and urine, as ritual offerings and sacraments, though some of these are often replaced with less taboo substances such as yogurt. Tantric feasts and initiations sometimes employed substances like human flesh as noted by Kahha's Yogaratnamala. [56] While all the Vajrayāna Buddhist traditions include all of the traditional practices used in Mahayana Buddhism such as developing bodhicitta, practicing the paramitas, and meditations, they also make use of unique tantric methods and Dzogchen meditation which are seen as more advanced. These include mantras, mandalas, mudras, deity yoga, other visualization based meditations, illusory body yogas like tummo and rituals like the goma fire ritual. Vajrayana teaches that these techniques provide faster path to Buddhahood. [65]Tantric Buddhism is associated with groups of wandering yogis called mahasiddhas in medieval India. [4] According to Robert Thurman, these tantric figures thrived during the latter half of the first millennium CE. [2] According to Reynolds (2007), the mahasiddhas date to the medieval period in North India and used methods that were radically different from those used in Buddhist monasteries, including practicing on charnel grounds. [5] Isabelle Onians, "Tantric Buddhist Apologetics, or Antinomianism as a Norm," D.Phil. dissertation, Oxford, Trinity Term 2001 pg 8 Vajrayāna Buddhists developed a large corpus of texts called the Buddhist Tantras, some of which can be traced to at least the 7th century CE but might be older. The dating of the tantras is "a difficult, indeed an impossible task" according to David Snellgrove. [14] Lü, Jianfu (2017). Chinese and Tibetan Esoteric Buddhism. Studies on East Asian Religions. Vol.1. Brill. pp.72–82.