[Advaita-l] more on food habits - Correction

[Kathirasan K]

Namaste

Yes, ritual maithuna is allowed. This practice is discussed elaborately by
Abhinavagupta in his Tantraloka. Tantrikas do not abhor maithuna outside the
rtu kala as taboo or prohibhited as long as it is part of ritual.

Kathirasan

On 4 January 2011 20:18, Venkatesh Murthy <vmurthy36 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Is a Tantrika allowed union with his own wife in Maithuna part of
> Tantric rituals? Some people say this Maithuna is symbolic only but
> not real. Where this Maithuna is used?
>
> In Dharma Shastra a man can go to his wife in the Ruta Kala but not
> other times.  Then he keeps his Brahmacharya.
>
> Regards
>
> -Venkatesh
>
> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 10:34 AM, Satish Arigela <satisharigela at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > namaste,
> >
> >>On Jan 3, 2011, at 12:48 AM, Sunil Bhattacharjya <
> sunil_bhattacharjya at yahoo.com>
> >>wrote:
> >  >There are however some tantric rituals, wher animal is sacrificed and
> only the
> > non-vegetarians follow this >practice and not the vegetarians have to eat
> meat.
> > Tantra does not believe in forcing people to give up >their addictions
> forcibly.
> > One who is advanced eventually gives up the addictions.
> >
> > A contemporary vegetarian brAhmaNa does not use meat in a tAntric ritual
> *only*
> > because he will be violating his AchAra according to  modern smriti-s
> like for
> > the example the parAsara smriti which is supposed to adhere to.
> >
> > The reason meat is used in some tantric rituals is because, for the
> tAntrika and
> > his particular path it has a philosophical/ritualistic significance...and
> *not*
> > because the tAntrika is habituated to eating meat.
> >
> > In other words in the tAntric context, a vIra(a tAntrika word for one who
> has
> > the senses under perfect control and is additonally equipped with mantra
> siddhi)
> > may use meat and even drink in his ritual even though he never craves for
> it.
> >
> >
> > To further clarify, if the tAntrIka ritualist craves for meat or wine he
> is
> > considered unfit and hence he will never be initiated into those rituals.
> This
> > point is clarified repeatedly in scores of tAntrika(especially in the
> dakShiNa
> > srotas or the bhairavAgama) works.
> >
> >
> >
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>
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