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词汇 tantra
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Definition of tantra in English:

tantra

nounˈtantrəˈtantrə
  • 1A Hindu or Buddhist mystical or magical text, dating from the 7th century or earlier.

    (7世纪或更早些时候以来的印度教或佛教的)密教经典,坦陀罗

    Example sentencesExamples
    • However, he taught superior disciples the tantras in the form of a king or in the aspect of various meditational deities.
    • In this way different levels of teachings were given, including the tantras, that may seem to contradict each other and may even seem to be in direct opposition to each other's propositions.
    • Once we have rediscovered that self, we enter the path of the tantras, the path where body and mind arise as the spontaneous expression of the continuity of our own vajra heart.
    • The Kalachakra tantra talks about a time when the three lalos, the barbarian kings, will rule the earth.
    • A final wave of new literature known as tantras appeared around the 7th century promoting radical forms of practice, including rituals and meditation techniques for accelerating spiritual progress.
    • Now, as knowledge, the Buddha taught many sutras and many tantras, and they are all words – words of advice given by the Buddha, the enlightened one who reached that level.
    • In particular, the Kalachakra initiations empower the disciple to practise the yoga of the Kalachakra tantra, and, ultimately, to achieve the state of Shri Kalachakra.
    • What you hear elsewhere regarding mantras, tantras, sadhana, spiritual advice and scriptures, report to him and accept only what is approved by your guru, and reject what is not.
    • It is thought that the Atharva Veda that deals with the occult including tantras was a product of the pre-Aryan thought process.
    • Therefore make every effort on the path, uniting absolute and relative bodhichitta, which distills the essence of all the sutras and the tantras.
    • Tantric Buddhism is influenced by Brahamanism and is concerned with yogic paths to salvation stressed in rituals and in texts called tantras.
    • There are no references to divination in the collections of sutras, but many can be found in the tantras.
    • There is a difference between the instructions in the sutras and tantras concerning these positions.
    • The practice of tranquillity meditation, or shamatha, is common to the teaching of both the sutras and the tantras, and it can also be performed within tantric practice.
    • Right there the Kalki initiated the youth, and for four months he taught him all the highest tantras especially the three Bodhisattva Corpus commentaries.
    • The visionary forms in which the deities are perceived in meditation and portrayed in art are simply appearances – their compassionate play, as the tantras say.
    • Coupled with fowl and cattle sacrifices, the bhagat's ceremonies include repetitive incantation of tantras in a local Dangi dialect and numerous yagnas and religious rites.
    • The monks also study various subjects of Buddhist sutra and tantra of both the Ancient and New traditions.
    • In addition, the Gelug tradition regards sound scholarship as a prerequisite for constructive meditation, hence, the teachings of both sutra and tantra are subject to rigorous analysis through the medium of dialectical debate.
    • In a footnote to this discussion Semple notes that the Mahayana tantra belongs to the wider Sunyatavada Doctrine.
    1. 1.1mass noun Adherence to the doctrines or principles of the tantras, involving mantras, meditation, yoga, and ritual.
      密教哲学(包括咒语,冥想,瑜珈和典礼)的信奉
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The sudden flash is a key to all Buddhist meditation, from the level of basic mindfulness to the highest levels of tantra.
      • Guru Rinpochey also gave widespread teachings from the highest classes of tantra and in particular to his twenty-five principal disciples.
      • I know as much about tantra as the next man other than the nuggets he's dropped in other talks, so it was great to hear a really knowledgeable, sensible, humble exposition of the subject.
      • She says that this view of women as marginal to tantra is based on western constructions of gender & power (and their assumed universality) and she re-presents women as active participants in the creation of traditions.
      • In tantra, the breath is an expression of the intimate connection we all have with the vastness of sacred world.
      • A scholar of Vedic astrology, he had, from the very outset, a deep affinity with the Eastern world, which attaches a lot of importance to the human body, as is seen in the practice of yoga, tantra and classical dances.
      • The bhagats, who live in stark seclusion from the rest of the village, are said to possess occult powers, which enable them to exercise metaphysical control acquired by years of yogic penance, tantra and tatrak vidya.
      • Systems like yoga and various forms of tantra took this search for altered states of consciousness to heights no other culture ever attained.
      • She says the eastern world draws her because "it gives the body the importance that is its due through the practice of yoga, tantra, and classical dance."
      • Anyway, my question is basically this: what do you guys that are more heavily into tantra than the rest of us, recommend as a good place to start?
      • He believes that people's attitudes to tantra are similar to those held about yoga before its surge in popularity.
      • Thus, one of the things that I've been working on is a sort of metaphysical, mystical energy tantra, where the rush of energy is held inside you.
      • I'd probably call chaos magic a western magic because it was developed by westerners, and tantra eastern because it was developed by easterners.
      • Rather, they should perform the always healing vasana daha tantra [writing down and burning recollections of the past] and confine themselves to karma yoga, such as cleaning in and around the temple and picking flowers for the pujas.
      • Siva's devotees facing death perform vâsanâ daha tantra, reconcile with and seek forgiveness from anyone they have offended, lest they leave unresolved kukarmas to go to seed and bear bitter fruit in future births.
      • I think that book has very little to do with tantra (if it wasn't obvious).
      • After participating in the Kumbha Mela, they went on a pilgrimage to various shrines, temples, and to yogis and sadhus, many of whom he had studied with while learning tantra, Ayurveda, occult teaching and yoga.
      • So, although the study of logic and Buddhist philosophy was not yet prevalent, the practice of tantra in extreme secrecy was much favoured.
      • In fact, the essential transformational practices of Tibetan tantra including those of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, were created to lead the individual practitioner towards these same ends.
      • Shaktas use mantra, tantra, yantra, yoga and puja to invoke cosmic forces and awaken the Kundalini Power.

Derivatives

  • tantric

  • adjectiveˈtantrɪkˈtæntrɪk
    • Relating to or involving the doctrines or principles of the Hindu or Buddhist tantras, in particular the use of mantras, meditation, yoga, and ritual.

      密教哲学(包括咒语,冥想,瑜珈和典礼)的信奉

      tantric yoga
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Worked out in great detail by later tantric schools, this view of language is implicit in the utterances of the Vedic seers and forms the basis of their practice.
      • The Vedas, and later the yogic and tantric texts, speak of the cognitive centers as individual, whole entities which are, nevertheless, a part of a greater unity.
      • Chod, meaning cutting through, is a Buddhist tantric practice, formulated by Machig Labdron and is the only Buddhist tantric practice that originated in Tibet, instead of India.
  • tantrism

  • nounˈtantrɪz(ə)mˈtænˌtrɪzəm
    • Michael Staley of the Typhonian OTO has since published some Kundalini yoga work incorporating Lam, the syllable, ‘lam’ being the root mantra of the muhaladra charka in tantrism.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It has also be well established that close links were forged with the Muslim world when the Templars came into contact with them – especially the mystical Islamic sects like the Sufis who taught them oriental tantrism or sacred sexuality.
      • The spiritual practices in Shaktism, which is also known as tantra or tantrism, are similar to those in Saivism, though there is more emphasis in Shaktism on God's power as opposed to mere Being or Consciousness.
  • tantrist

  • noun
    • ‘Yogastrologist’, tantrist, healer and naturopath to boot, he is guru to many in the holy city of Benares as well as to followers from all over the world.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Both groups, but in particular the left-hand tantrists, opposed many features of Hindu culture, particularly the caste system and the subjugation of women.
      • Therefore, tantrists have a somewhat symbiotic way of enlightenment.

Origin

Sanskrit, literally 'loom, principle, doctrine', from tan 'stretch'.

Rhymes

mantra, yantra

Definition of tantra in US English:

tantra

nounˈtantrə
  • 1A Hindu or Buddhist mystical or magical text, dating from the 7th century or earlier.

    (7世纪或更早些时候以来的印度教或佛教的)密教经典,坦陀罗

    Example sentencesExamples
    • There is a difference between the instructions in the sutras and tantras concerning these positions.
    • The practice of tranquillity meditation, or shamatha, is common to the teaching of both the sutras and the tantras, and it can also be performed within tantric practice.
    • What you hear elsewhere regarding mantras, tantras, sadhana, spiritual advice and scriptures, report to him and accept only what is approved by your guru, and reject what is not.
    • It is thought that the Atharva Veda that deals with the occult including tantras was a product of the pre-Aryan thought process.
    • Right there the Kalki initiated the youth, and for four months he taught him all the highest tantras especially the three Bodhisattva Corpus commentaries.
    • The visionary forms in which the deities are perceived in meditation and portrayed in art are simply appearances – their compassionate play, as the tantras say.
    • In this way different levels of teachings were given, including the tantras, that may seem to contradict each other and may even seem to be in direct opposition to each other's propositions.
    • Therefore make every effort on the path, uniting absolute and relative bodhichitta, which distills the essence of all the sutras and the tantras.
    • A final wave of new literature known as tantras appeared around the 7th century promoting radical forms of practice, including rituals and meditation techniques for accelerating spiritual progress.
    • Once we have rediscovered that self, we enter the path of the tantras, the path where body and mind arise as the spontaneous expression of the continuity of our own vajra heart.
    • Coupled with fowl and cattle sacrifices, the bhagat's ceremonies include repetitive incantation of tantras in a local Dangi dialect and numerous yagnas and religious rites.
    • The Kalachakra tantra talks about a time when the three lalos, the barbarian kings, will rule the earth.
    • However, he taught superior disciples the tantras in the form of a king or in the aspect of various meditational deities.
    • In a footnote to this discussion Semple notes that the Mahayana tantra belongs to the wider Sunyatavada Doctrine.
    • The monks also study various subjects of Buddhist sutra and tantra of both the Ancient and New traditions.
    • Tantric Buddhism is influenced by Brahamanism and is concerned with yogic paths to salvation stressed in rituals and in texts called tantras.
    • In addition, the Gelug tradition regards sound scholarship as a prerequisite for constructive meditation, hence, the teachings of both sutra and tantra are subject to rigorous analysis through the medium of dialectical debate.
    • There are no references to divination in the collections of sutras, but many can be found in the tantras.
    • In particular, the Kalachakra initiations empower the disciple to practise the yoga of the Kalachakra tantra, and, ultimately, to achieve the state of Shri Kalachakra.
    • Now, as knowledge, the Buddha taught many sutras and many tantras, and they are all words – words of advice given by the Buddha, the enlightened one who reached that level.
    1. 1.1 Adherence to the doctrines or principles of the tantras, involving mantras, meditation, yoga, and ritual.
      密教哲学(包括咒语,冥想,瑜珈和典礼)的信奉
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Thus, one of the things that I've been working on is a sort of metaphysical, mystical energy tantra, where the rush of energy is held inside you.
      • He believes that people's attitudes to tantra are similar to those held about yoga before its surge in popularity.
      • I think that book has very little to do with tantra (if it wasn't obvious).
      • Anyway, my question is basically this: what do you guys that are more heavily into tantra than the rest of us, recommend as a good place to start?
      • After participating in the Kumbha Mela, they went on a pilgrimage to various shrines, temples, and to yogis and sadhus, many of whom he had studied with while learning tantra, Ayurveda, occult teaching and yoga.
      • The sudden flash is a key to all Buddhist meditation, from the level of basic mindfulness to the highest levels of tantra.
      • Rather, they should perform the always healing vasana daha tantra [writing down and burning recollections of the past] and confine themselves to karma yoga, such as cleaning in and around the temple and picking flowers for the pujas.
      • She says the eastern world draws her because "it gives the body the importance that is its due through the practice of yoga, tantra, and classical dance."
      • Shaktas use mantra, tantra, yantra, yoga and puja to invoke cosmic forces and awaken the Kundalini Power.
      • So, although the study of logic and Buddhist philosophy was not yet prevalent, the practice of tantra in extreme secrecy was much favoured.
      • In fact, the essential transformational practices of Tibetan tantra including those of the Tibetan Book of the Dead, were created to lead the individual practitioner towards these same ends.
      • A scholar of Vedic astrology, he had, from the very outset, a deep affinity with the Eastern world, which attaches a lot of importance to the human body, as is seen in the practice of yoga, tantra and classical dances.
      • The bhagats, who live in stark seclusion from the rest of the village, are said to possess occult powers, which enable them to exercise metaphysical control acquired by years of yogic penance, tantra and tatrak vidya.
      • She says that this view of women as marginal to tantra is based on western constructions of gender & power (and their assumed universality) and she re-presents women as active participants in the creation of traditions.
      • Systems like yoga and various forms of tantra took this search for altered states of consciousness to heights no other culture ever attained.
      • Siva's devotees facing death perform vâsanâ daha tantra, reconcile with and seek forgiveness from anyone they have offended, lest they leave unresolved kukarmas to go to seed and bear bitter fruit in future births.
      • In tantra, the breath is an expression of the intimate connection we all have with the vastness of sacred world.
      • I know as much about tantra as the next man other than the nuggets he's dropped in other talks, so it was great to hear a really knowledgeable, sensible, humble exposition of the subject.
      • Guru Rinpochey also gave widespread teachings from the highest classes of tantra and in particular to his twenty-five principal disciples.
      • I'd probably call chaos magic a western magic because it was developed by westerners, and tantra eastern because it was developed by easterners.

Origin

Sanskrit, literally ‘loom, principle, doctrine’, from tan ‘stretch’.

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