Introductory Workshop on Tantra
Introductory Workshop on Tantra
The Sanskrit word Tantra is composed of ‘tanoti’ and ‘traayate’. Tanoti means that which leads to expansion (of consciousness) and traayate means ‘that which liberated the mind’. Hence, in its widest sense, tantra means ‘that which liberates the mind and leads to expansion of consciousness’. Tantra in Hindi suggests a tool, a machine, or an organised structure. In that way every tool – external or internal- that can help in the expansion of our consciousness is Tantra. A very ancient Tantra, the Vijnanabhairava Tantra, for instance, gives us one hundred and twelve meditation practices which can lead to a grand shift in our awareness.
About the Resource Person-
Dr. Alka Tyagi, an academic and bilingual poet, is Associate Professor of English in University of Delhi. She wrote three collections of her poetry, Whispers at the Ganga Ghat and other poems (English), Sun ri Sakhi and Amaltas (Hindi) and she is the author of books Femininity to Divinity: Andal and Akka Mahadevi, and Reconstructing Devotion through Narada Bhakti Sutra (2019). Her academic interests and spiritual pursuits are in the field of non-dual Kashmir Saiva scriptures. She is a student of Sanskrit and has recently completed a fellowship at IIAS, Shimla on “Creative Contemplation and Supreme Reality in the Vijñānabhairava Tantra, Siva Sutras and Tantrāloka (first four āhnika-s).” She is an intense practitioner and has received karma Sanyasa Diksha.
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