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For a good reference I would recommend "Tantra in Tibet" by Tsongkapa with forward by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama. Too often in popular Western culture, the practice of Tantra is confused with or too overtly linked with sexual practices. Sexual practices are used in some reputable traditions, but only come late in advance training via a compassionately established relationship. Such sexual practices are first preceded with rigorous step by step practices of energy exchange methods that are developed and mastered over time with one's tantric partner. Tantra is not sex, good tantric practice with a partner does not require sex, and the incorrect or inappropriate use of attempting to couple sexual practice with a partner can cause more harm that good. One's right intentions must always be to bring good to those we encounter and to the world as a whole. Remember always that this is the 'secret mantra', or maybe more accurately the 'private manta' of compassion with our tantric partner. Most Compassionately, Sigung Dan.

Useful Infographic

Hello, I found a useful Infographic about Tantra. Maybe it could fit to the article. (DELETED LINK TO BUSINESS PROMOTION)

I found it here: (DELETED LINK TO BUSINESS PROMOTION) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 188.193.62.40 (talk) 13:54, 23 August 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Edited post as it seemed to just be spam trying to using Wikipedia for promotion. Left the basic text so we can spot this spam in the future. Eturk001 (talk) 16:33, 22 July 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong link redirection

The esoteric link in the first sentence redirects to Western Esotericism which is quite problematic, considering the core idea of Tantra is Eastern Esotericism. It made the link out-of-context since eastern and western esotericism has different purpose and practices that might confuse some readers. FeliciaKrismanta (talk) 16:32, 4 November 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Guhyamantra

The claim that Buddhist tantric teachings were ever traditionally called Guhyamantra is unsubstantiated. The reference this article provides is to an English translation of a Tibetan source, which itself does not use the term "guhyamantra"; rather, it uses the English "secret mantra", which is a translation of the Tibetan "gsang sngags". It is true that the term gsang sngags is used in the Tibetan language to refer to tantric teachings. I am unaware of any Indic source that uses the word guhyamantra in such a sense, and I doubt one will ever be found. Snellgrove's edition of the Yogaratnamāla at one point prints "guhyamantrayāne", but this is an error; such a reading has no manuscript support. -- RC

Yes, but how should we approach sources like this one[1] when they fully conform to our RS requirements? — kashmīrī ^TALK 12:39, 1 April 2021 (UTC)[reply]

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