Tantra in Practice

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Summary: Unacknowledged contributors
Review: I Have read the Entire Book and find it very Interesting and Informative.It deals with the most of Tantra Topics in a Short Introductive Selected Articles By Diiferent Writers and Excelently Edited By Sir David Gordon White. After Reading the Book Any One can Guess How Astoundingly Practicle and Vast is The Subject of Tantra to deal with. The Book Impartially Gives Even the Parodies and Critical Articles on Tantra and Latently Proving, How Practicle , Truthful and WideSpread is the Tantra's Influence on Almost all over the World. And By reading this Book, one will be starting to Pack his/her Baggages to start the Search for the Truth, if not yet Started. This Book , even though targetted at Western Audience to give a Brief Glimpse of the Mystical Subject Called Tantra Practised By Hindus, Jains, Budhists etc, is also valuable for Tantra Researchers and Practitionars alike. I strongly Recommend that All Saadhakas should buy this book and keep it as a Further Reference in to the Vast Field of Experience Called TANTRA, Which needs "to be experienced to be Believed". Every Article in this Book Propels the Reader to Search for Further Material to look in to Grasp the Deeper and Deeper Understanding of Eastern Mystical Tantra. There is no Doubt that this Book's Positive Contribution to Better Understanding of Tantra will go a long way.And I look forward to more and more , research-based books on Tantra.

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Summary: The choice of topics misses the heart of tantra
Review: I would not recommend this book since the choice of topics enfogs the subject rather than illuminating it. This collection does indeed have some excellent contributions from leading scholars, but it is the whole package that is disappointing. I was also disappointed with White's own contributions.

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Summary: Unacknowledged contributors
Review: The correct title of the book should read Tantra in Practice (Princeton Readings in Religions) by David Gordon White (Editor), Beavis and Butthead.

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Summary: Good overview...
Review: 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.