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Title: Tantra in Practice by David Gordon White ISBN: 0-691-05779-6 Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr Pub. Date: 15 September, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Good overview...
Comment: World-class scholars ANDRE PADOUX, PAUL E. MULLER-ORTEGA, DOUGLAS R. BROOKS and many others come together to write about Buddhist Tantra, Hindu Tantra, Jain Tantra, and Tantra and Islam in South Asia; //the countries covered are China, India, Japan, Nepal and Tibet.//
The topics discussed include:
--GURUS AND ADEPTS including "The Tantric Guru" by Andre Padoux, one of the best Kashmir Shaivism scholars in the world.
--KINGS AND PRIESTS
--DEVOTEES AND DEITIES
--TRADITIONS IN TRANSITIONS AND CONFLICTS
--TANTRIC PATHS including "The Ocean of the Heart: Selections from the Kularnava Tantra" by Douglas R. Brooks, one of the only brilliant scholars in the world to know Tantra "from the inside".
--RITES AND TECHNIQUES --YOGA AND MEDITATION
including "On the Seal of Shambhu: A Poem by Abhinavagupta" by Paul E. Muller-Ortega, the leading authority on Abhinavagupta, one of the 3 best scholars of Kashmir Shaivism with Alexis Sanderson and Andre Padoux.
//Any Indology student has to have read this book.

Rating: 2
Summary: Forgets to focus on the central idea of tantra
Comment: This book has many excellent articles. Yet, it forgets to focus on the central idea of tantra which is the connections between the outer and inner cosmologies. The contributions thus get lost in the details, unable to find the grammar that would unlock the esoteric language of the medieval tantra texts.

Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent!!
Comment: This book is a must for anyone who claims to be interested in Tantra. This is NOT New-Age junk! I recommend reading the introduction for an eredite definition of Tantra. Highly recommended.

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