This month I travel to the Himalayan Institute in Honesdale, Pennsylvania for initiation into the Tantric lineage of Swami Rama. The Sanskrit word for lineage is parampara which literally means one after the other. A lineage is an unbroken line of teachers all linked by empowered teachings. A lineage is like an uninterrupted electric current that does not diminish in power....
Tantra is strictly an initiatory tradition, which means that its sacred and secret teachings are passed on in the age-old fashion of oral transmission from teacher to disciple. In this respect, Tantra is markedly different from Neo-Tantrism, which is all too often practiced and promulgated by enthusiasts who have not been properly initiated but have acquired their knowledge largely from books.
The Tantric adepts consider initiation (diksha) crucial to one's progress on the spiritual path. And for the initiation to be truly empowering, it must be granted by a qualified Tantric master.
George Feuerstein
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Tantra Bhakti Dharma
