Tantra: Sex, Secrecy, Politics Sahitya Akademi Delhi first from Western astrologers interested

first from Western astrologers interested in another system of astrology and second from followers of Indian gurus and their teachings who might be interested in the astrological side of the tradition

coupled with a conspicuous lack of the mystic hype that is usually associated with most ancient sciences

Swamiji describes the state of enlightenment as one of "becoming present"

if I do not take my spiritual calling in all earnestness

Early Jaina Geometry 61 The impetus for the study of geometry - the very early works - the value 10 for solid figures - the trapezium and the trapezoidal solid

Tantra: Sex, Secrecy, Politics Sahitya Akademi Delhi first from Western astrologers interestedA Complex body of religious practices that spread throughout the Hindu, Buddhist, and Jain traditions; a form of spirituality that seemingly combines sexuality, sensual pleasure, and the full range of physical experience with the religious life Tantra has played a central yet conflicted role in the Western imagination ever since the first "discovery" of Indian religions by European scholars. Always radical, always sex tremely other, Tantra has proved