D. N. BOSE

Author of Harivamsha
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PREFACE
) India isthe birth place of religion and religious preachers sand reformers. In this country many religious reformers , endowed with divine virtues and accomplished with highly ‘spiritual development appeared from time to time. These ‘ spiritual reformers gave new shapés and forms to religion according to the needs of time and to suit the tastes of the people in general. Thus arose Saivaism, Saktaism, Baisnavism, _and Tantrism. y The subject of the Tantras is a complicated one in Sas much as it is full of mysticism and consists of mystic rites rand rituals connected therewith which are wholly unintelli- gible to the uninitiated. The texts on the subject are \numerous. Some of these deal with mystic rites, while others ’with time, processes and places of worship.
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In this book, an endeavour has been made to place before the readers, the broad principles underlying thé practice of the Tantric form of religion. In order to make it interest- ying to all classes of readers an attempt has been made to alae the philosophical principle underlying its forms of
worship, the con ception of the Deity and its fundamental creed. The meanings of the “five makers’ which are too ' familiar with Tantric system have been explained clearly with reference to the Tantric texts on the subject. The D ss 2? . . . . < “Chakra” form of worship and its proper significance have ™% been noted and explained by quoting different passages from © the vatious texts of different authors on the subject. Lastly ~a few chapterson Yoga have been added in as much as it ~ forms the basis of all sorts of religious Sadhana including the Tantric form also. In doing so and in order to explain *, the principle underlying it, the structure of the human body * according to the Hindu doctrine with its subtile elements 5 have been properly explained. Several processes of Yoga, ~ such as the purification of the Nadis, the Chakras or the 2 “mystic centres with their localisation, the physical processes ‘adopted and the control of ‘breath have been gone into so Sj as to explain their proper functions for the purpose of Spiritual development. Hope that the pains taken by me in publishing this book will be amply. rewarded if I have “Sbeen able to give satisfaction tomy readers who want to a know about the Tantras,
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