EXPANDING OUR HUMAN POTENTIAL
Dada krpamayananda
EXPANDING OUR HUMAN POTENTIAL
The word Tantra means liberation from crudeness or dullness. Tantra as an integrated way of life developed ten to twelve thousand years ago in India. About 7000 years ago Lord Shiva, who was born in a Dravidian-Mongolian family, laid the foundation of classical Tantra.
Meditation has its earliest known roots in the practices of "Tantra." . It is an all round science of life, covering every aspect of personal and social development. The word "Tantra" means "that which liberates from ignorance. Hence, its practices comprise a systematic and scientific way to take individuals from a state of limited awareness to a state of expansive understanding. Tantra's practices include not only meditation and yoga; but also medicine, dance, music, social service, literature and environmental awareness ‑ indeed a truly holistic approach to life.
Tantra is a timeless science; it has no less relevance for today’s world than it had 7000 years ago. In the fields of science, medicine and psychology scientists are only beginning to understand and verify the ancient teachings laid down in Tantra. Its analysis of the human mind has opened up a whole new area of psychology. For example, many psychologists are now fascinated with meditation and are eagerly devising new ways of studying it in their laboratories. Fortunately, any human being can study the Tantric science of meditation in the laboratory of their own mind. For it is the human mind that is the greatest source of searching and discovery, confusion and understanding, mystery and wisdom, fiction and fact, dogma and liberation. All that is needed for this study is proper instruction in Tantric meditation and the determination to practice it regularly until one attains the timeless and limitless wisdom within us all.
The journey of self understanding is the most important path we can follow in our lives. The sooner we start to follow the path within, the sooner we will discover our unlimited potential.
Pa'p and Pun'ya
There is however, a difference between the English term, Sin and the Sanskrit word "Pa'p¯. In sin are involved religious doctrinal and Biblical cannotations. The Sanskrit term Pa'p is more explicit.
Paropakaraya Punoyaya
Papaya parapiiranam.
Those actions, that help to develops the physical, intellectual and spiritual strata of human beings are punyaand those that obstruct this are Pa'p. The biggest Papi" is called Durachari" in Sanskrit and one whom even the Durachari call Pa'pi" is Sudurachari.
There is a common term in Sanskrit, i.e., Pa'tak. There are two forms of Pa'tak, Pa'p and Pratyavaya. Going against the don'ts is pa'pa. Pratyavaya is not to do what one should do. In Sansktit do's are called Vidhi and Don'ts nishedh. The whole social structure revolves round Vidhi and Nishedh.
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