The Difference between "Normal" Sex and Tantric Sex

Here are some excerpts from an interview with Osho about the difference between "normal" sex and Tantric sex.

Your sex act and the tantric sex act are basically different. Your sex act is to relieve; it is just like sneezing out a good sneeze. The energy is thrown out and you are unburdened. It is destructive, it is not creative. It is good -- therapeutic. It helps you to be relaxed, but nothing more. The tantric sex act is basically, diametrically opposite and different. It is not to relieve, it is not to throw energy out. It is to remain in the act without ejaculation, without throwing energy out; to remain in the act merged -- just at the beginning part of the act, not the end part. Read more

7 Types of Male Orgasm

New World Sex Educator Jaiya talks about the seven types of male orgasm.

Is Smaller Better When It Comes to G-Spot Orgasms?

Tinamarie Bernard maintains that smaller is better when it comes to giving women G-spot orgasms.

Tantra sexuality places sublime attention on your genitals, in a way and manner unfamiliar to many westerners. Need convincing? Just consider some of the euphemisms for the penis: Prick, mister stiffy, admiral winky, bald avenger, chicksicle, executive staff member, boner. Nothing inherently wrong with these … if you like to objectify your body (which is not synonymous with playing, touching, and loving your private parts, all totally natural and good activities to participate in).

And what do these have in common besides being invented in the Junior High locker room? They focus only on one state of a man’s body – penis erectus. More to the point, they are misleading. Turns out, smaller to average-sized penises do a better job of giving a woman a g-spot orgasm Read more

Tantric Fantasy Meditation

Rose Dawn Scott explains how to use Tantric fantasy-meditation to lift sexual arousal to new heights, serving as a connective agent from physical longing, to spiritual longing; from physical release to cosmic release.

Everyone is familiar with fantasy; most people have direct experience with it, either masturbation or during lovemaking itself.

The Tantric concept of fantasy is not so simple as conjuring up images in one's mind of *hot babes* or *studs*--and (groan) it takes lots of practice. This practice should be begun after attaining at least a fair degree of control over breath, mantra, and meditation. It involves visualization-- imagination on a mundane level, but raised to such a level that it becomes truth. And ('nother groan) this type of fantasy-meditation should be undertaken by the beginner alone and without any direct sexual stimulation.

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A simple beginning exercise has been prescribed and handed down directly through generations of Tantric spiritual teachers and their students; a description follows:

Sit in Padmasana (full lotus) or lie on the back, arms at sides, palms turned up, as in Savasana (corpse pose). Breathe fully and deeply, blowing out all stale air, drawing vital prana in and down, expanding first the abdomen, then the ribcage, and finally the throat; then releasing the breath in the opposite manner. Concentrate the mind completely on each body part in turn. Tense the body (contraction), then relax completely (expansion). One the body feels harmonious and at ease, be still, slow the breathing, and focus on the mantra of your own breath-pattern. Read more

Can Christians Practice Tantra?

Can Christians practice Tantra? Dave Hutchison says that Christians not only can practice Tantra, but should. By excluding the Hindu ideas, Tantra can help integrate positive sexuality with Christianity.

Our Sexually Immature Culture

Our society is full of tease, titillation and men taught to look at women as sex objects. We have no meaningful intimacy education and never will until we drop the false sexual repressiveness of religion used for controlling people and reorient ourselves towards loving sexual fulfilment.

We are not born naturally good at sex and we have little or no training in sexuality other than by hit and miss experimentation. We are largely conditioned by a belief system that often instills guilt, fear, insecurity or shame in our sexuality. We need to take back sexuality and integrate it with our spirits in a way that results in much more love, intimacy and fulfilment than what our culture has taught us. That is the basic teaching of Tantra.

Many couples have terrible sexual relations, since they have never been taught fulfilling sexuality, which doesn’t just come naturally hiding by yourselves in a dark bedroom. Men especially often have no idea how to give maximum pleasure to a women. Real responsible sex education is needed, not Christian repression based on mistranslated or misinterpreted scripture. Read more

Sexuality in the Tantric Tradition

The Tantric tradition has come to be viewed as synonymous with sexuality in the West. The Shiva Shakti Mandalam website explains the true role of sexuality in Tantric practices.

Maheshani, meditate as being absorbed in the yoni cakra, with yoni on the tongue, yoni in the mind, yoni in the ears and yoni in the eyes. Mighty Lady, all sadhana is vain unless with the yoni. Therefore,reject other pujas and do Yoni Puja. Maheshani, there is no siddhi without devotion to the Guru - Yoni Tantra, X

The Tantrik tradition has come to be viewed as synonymous in the West with sexuality. And, to some extent, that's the case in Asia too, mostly because of the pervasive influence of Western education. What is the truth?

The Web pages on this site cover a multitude of different subjects and this reflects the tantrik tradition which spans a huge range of topics.

Many interested in the topic, however, think tantra is equivalent to sex and focus on one specific rite, particular to the Kaula and Vamachara schools of tantra, and on the "five things", the so-called Panchamakara, including sexual intercourse, that are part of it. Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra, for instance, has little or nothing to do with the tantrik tradition but it is true that prior to the Muslim and Christian invasions of the sub-continent, the culture had a healthy interest in sexuality and also had the sensual language of Sanskrit to express it. Read more

Healing Quest with Deepak Chopra: Spirit and Healing

Deepak Chopra explains the mind-body-spirit interplay. In this segment, Deepak describes the effect of a deep spiritual experience. According to the ancient wisdon traditions of India, when you get in touch with your spirit, you experience love, intuition, and happiness. In physical terms, this means that your body produces serotonin and dopamine (the happy hormones), oxytocin, (the pleasure hormone), and opiates, which provide a feeling of intoxication and help regulate the immune system.