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坦陀罗
(
谭崔
)
的性艺术
坦陀罗
(
谭崔
)
的性
艺术
he
word Tantra is Sanskrit, the sacred language of
Hinduism. It derives
from the root
word tan, which translates as
extend,
expand, spread,
continue, spin out, weave;
to put forth, show, or
manifest.
“坦陀罗”这个词是梵语,印度教的宗教语言。它源自
于词根“坦”,翻译起来就是延伸、扩展、蔓延
、持续、旋转发出、迂回前进、向前、展现或者出现。
Like the universe we inhabit, Tantra is
continually
expanding, spreading,
and
manifesting itself like a
up of
different
energies.
就像我们居住的宇宙一样,坦陀罗是不断地扩展、撒
布和显示,它本身就像一个“宇宙的迂回前进”,
制造不同的能量。
We are part of
this weave, as are our forefathers
and
foremothers, all
life, and every type of
energy and matter. This
includes
thoughts,
actions, and all physical matter.
我们是
迂回前进的其中一部分,就像我们的祖先和女
祖先,所有生命,每种类型的物质与能量一
样。这
里包括思考,行动和所有物质事件。
Because Tantra
is a mystical subject, it is nearly
impossible to define.
Even eminent
scholars have had a hard time
explaining what Tantra actually
different explanations of Tantra indicate its
multifaceted nature.
Tantra is a
spiritual science, which means it is also
mystical, in its
interconnectedness, the holistic wisdom
link
between ourselves and the
universe we inhabit.
因为坦陀罗是一个神秘的主题,它
几乎不可能去定义。
甚至显赫的学者也只是艰难地解释坦陀罗实际是
什么。对坦陀罗的不同解释指示出了多种自然因素。坦陀罗
是一种精神科学,也意味着神圣,在它的交合里面
,整体的智慧连接于我们自己与我们所居住的宇宙之间。
By embracing Tantra, we become more
and stimulating our inherent sensual
spirituality, we
discover parts of
ourselves that have remained asleep or
have been
repressed.
通过拥抱坦陀罗,我们变得更加“
真实”,更加“完整”。
我们认得和刺激我们固有的感觉灵性,我们
发现我们自己的各个部分仍然是沉睡或者已经受到压抑。
With Tantra, an energy is released that
is
evolutionary and
motivated.
pleasure, for
achieving
our worldly goals, and for aiding our
spiritual
evolution.
籍着坦陀罗(印度密教经典)
p>
,一种能量在释放,进
化和“向上推动”。我们可以学习运用这种能
量去
娱乐,去完成我们的世间任务,帮助我们的精神进化。
Familiarity with Tantra can help a
person to enjoy
life to the fullest. It
can
help do away with guilt or fear, break down self
imposed or limiting
cultural
boundaries, and guide us in our search for
solutions.
熟悉坦陀罗可以帮助一个人去享受到生命的完整性。
它可以帮助消除内疚和害怕,打破自我欺骗或者文
化界限的限制,指引我们去寻找解决方法。
Tantra teaches us to become familiar
with our
mystical nature, and when we
do
so, our boundaries expand.
坦陀罗教导我们去变得熟悉我们自己的神秘本性,当
我们这么做,我们的边界会扩张。
We enter into
new domains of awareness. We
become
empowered, more
fulfilled, and more
perfect.
p>
我们进入一个知晓的新领域。我们变得有力量,更加
充实和更加完美
。
Tantric Yoga is based on the belief
that the
Universe is made up of
Yin-Yang (Female-Male) principles, and
that these
Yin-Yang energies are
also contained within the human body.
Unification
and harmonization of the
Yin
and Yang energy forces brings the experience
of joyous transcendence
and mystical
ecstacy.
p>
坦陀罗瑜伽是建立在信仰宇宙的阴性和阳性(女性和
男性)的基础下
,这些阴阳能量也包含在人体里面
。阴和阳能量的合一和调和
带来了卓越的欢乐和神秘状态的
体验。
Spirituality and sexuality are not
seperate. Rather,
these fundamental and
exquisite forces of our innermost
beings are deeply
integrated and united
bringing a sense of divine balance and
fulfillment
within one's self.
灵性和
性欲并没有分离。更准确一些,我们最里面存
在的这些基本原则和优美力量是深深地完整
和合一
,
联结带来了一种神圣的平衡
状态,
在一个人的体内履行着。
Through the
study of the Tantras (sacred sexual
teachings), we gain
awareness and
mastery over our subtle energy
body and
creative sexual
energy flows.
通过对坦陀罗(神圣的性教育)的
学习,我们获得知
晓和掌握我们狡猾的能量身体和创造性能量的流动。
< br>
Through continued practice while
partners develop
and master the tantric
asanas (postures) and pranayamas
(breathing
techniques), they tone and
strengthen their respective subtle
energy bodies
and learn to harmonize
the
Yin-Yang forces within themselves and each
other.
当伴侣发展和掌握了坦陀罗姿势和呼吸技巧,通过持
续练习,他们调和及加强了他们各自狡猾的能量身
体和学习去协调他们自己内在和互相之间的阴和阳力量。
As
couples combine and channel the primordial,
evolutionary force of the
Kundalini
energy, they begin to experince
deepening levels of the tantric
erotic sentiment and the mystic erotic
thrill created
by the maturing and
upward movement of Kundalini energy.
作为夫
妻连接和原始通道,昆达里尼能量的进化力量,
他们开始经历加深级别的坦陀罗性爱情操
和成熟
与昆达里尼能量的向上运动创造的神秘性爱抖动。
This eternal force which unites within
them ascends
as a powerful vortex
of
energy rising like liquid fire through their
subtle
bodies and into
their 7th
chakras at the top of their heads.
这种连结着他们的永恒力量就像强
大的能量旋涡那
样攀登,就像液体之火一样,通过他们狡猾的身体而
提升到他们的头顶上,进入他们的七个脉轮里面。
This union in turn begins what is often
called a
nectar rain of orgasmic
splendor throughout the entire nervous
system and
aura (electromagnetic
field of energy around the physical
body ).
p>
这种联结依次是由通过称为极度兴奋的甘露开始,贯
穿整个神经系统
和光环(包围着物理身体周围的电
磁的能量区域)
。
It is believed
that through this transcendental state
of mystic love that
all karmas and
impurities of the mind and body may
be
burned up and the
participants may be
transported into the divine
realms of
consciousness.
p>
据说通过这种先验状态的神秘之爱,所有的因缘和思
想与身体的不洁
净会烧尽,参与者会进入觉悟的神
圣领域。
A Tantra is sometimes
defined as
teaching set out
mostly in the
form of dialogs between a cosmic
couple. Intimate insightful
dialogs,
between God and Goddess, Shiva and
Shakti, the male and female
Tantric adepts,
were at times written down and
became
known as Tantras.
Naturally, these dialogs,
being intimate, included
sexual secrets
as well
as many other fascinating topics.
坦陀罗
有时可定义为“一种类型的神秘教导”,大多是
以与宇宙阴阳之间对话的形式而发出。神
与女神
,湿婆和帕娃蒂,男性与女性坦陀罗擅长者之间亲密和
有洞
察力的对话,依次地记录下而形成了坦陀罗。自然
地,这些亲密的对话,包括性秘密,同样也有很多其他的迷
人话题。<
/p>
Tantra has been well tested over
thousands of
years, not in worldly
laboratories but in the laboratories of
the human
body, by Yogi scientists
and
Tibetan Lamas who were not driven by
commerce but by the earnest
desire for
spiritual knowledge and liberation. Their
observations and
insights have
been passed down to us.
坦陀罗上千年来都有良好的试验,不仅在世间的实验
室,而且还在人体实验室上,通过瑜伽科学家和西
藏喇嘛而来,不仅是商业驱使,而且还是对灵性知识和解放
的热切渴望。他们的观察
和洞察力已经传递给我们。
The sacred Hindu and
Buddhist scriptures known as
Tantras
provide detailed
instructions on a wide
range of topics, including
spiritual
knowledge,
technology, and science. Their content
is often
paradoxical. In Tantra,
science and mysticism go hand in hand,
as do
sensuality and asceticism.
称为坦
陀罗的神圣印度教与佛教手稿在更大范围的
题目上提供了详细的指示,包括灵性知识,技
巧和科
学。它们的内容经常是荒谬的。在坦陀罗,科学与神秘
主义
手牵手,就像纵欲与禁欲一样。
Tantric Yogi
involves proper breathing and
increased
awareness of the
energy centers of your body
thus purifying the
channels and chakras
allowing the energies to flow freely
through the body.
This is done with
proper breathing that pulls the air in
and out of the
body.
坦陀罗瑜伽包括适当的呼吸和增强
对身体能量中心
的知晓,从而净化通道和脉轮,允许能量自由地流过
身体。这是用妥当的呼吸把空气拉出来和吸进体内。
Tantric Sex is meditative, spontaneous
and intimate
lovemaking. Through it
you
learn to prolong the act of making love and to
channel, rather than
dissipate.
potent orgasmic energies moving through
you, thereby raising
the level of
your consciousness.
坦陀罗性是静心的,自发和亲密的调情。通过它,你
学到了延长做爱的动作和转变,更准确点是驱散,
有力的极度兴奋能量通过你而移动,因而提升你觉知的级别。
Tantra transports your sexuality from
the plane of
doing to the place of
being. There is no goal in Tantric sex,
only the
present moment of perfect
and
harmonious union. Tantra teaches you to
revere your sexual partner and
to
transform the act of sex into a sacrament of love.
坦陀罗
通过平面的位置传送你的性。坦陀罗的性没有
目的,只是呈现完美的片刻和协调的合一。
坦陀罗
教导你去尊敬你的性伴侣,把性行为转化入爱的圣礼上。
Tantra teaches that lovemaking between
a man and
woman, when entered into
with awareness, is a gateway to both
sexual and
spiritual ecstasy.
坦陀罗
教导男女之间的做爱,当进入知晓的时候,是
性和精神入迷的道路。
In
India, traditional Tantrikas spent many years
under the guidance of a
spiritual
teacher and engaged in elaborate yogic
rituals to purify and
master the body
and mind.
p>
在印度,传统的坦陀罗在灵性导师的指导下实行了许
多年,在详细阐
述的瑜伽典礼中使用,去净化和主
宰身体和思想。
These practices
were intended to awaken the
powerful
psychic energies
through which the adept
could enter into higher
states of
consciousness
When a disciple was deemed ready he or
she
partook in sexual rites with a
partner.
当一位门徒被认为准备好去参加性仪式,他或她会带
着一个伴侣,这些实践是用来打算通过更高情形的
觉知来唤醒强大的精神力量。
Through the
sacred act of love, they sought to
merge the dual nature of
their sexuality
into an ecstatic union. Through this
came the
harmonization of their own
internal masculine and
feminine
polarities and
a realization of the blissful nature of
the Self.
p>
通过神圣之爱的行动,他们看到了他们二元的性进入
一种狂喜的联合
里面。通过这样的方式,他们自己
得到了自己内在的男性或女
性极性的融洽,实现一种有福的
自身本性。
The
Tantric path encompasses beauty, sensitivity,
and exhilaration through
eating,
drinking, tasting, smelling, touching. It
embraces and enhances
all forms of
creative expression, such as movement
and dance, massage,
martial arts,
the fine arts, healing, and music.
坦陀罗的道路通过吃,
喝,
味觉,
嗅觉,
触觉而
达成,
包围着美丽、敏感和令人愉快。它拥抱和增强所
有创造性形式的表达,
比如运动和舞蹈,
按摩
,
威武的艺术,
精美的艺术,治疗和音乐。
Through experiencing and glorying in
the delights of
the body, the body
becomes a temple in which you
experience the
sacred. It becomes a
doorway
to spiritual evolution.
通过身体的喜悦里面的经历和荣耀
,身体变成了你神
圣体验的庙宇。它成为一道精神进展的门。
-The Art of Tantric Sex by Nitya
Lacroix
——《坦陀罗的性艺术》
,
Nitya
Lacroix
People who practice Tantra
are called Tantrikas.
They view sexual
energy
as a divine, all-encompassing life
force that sleeps
within the
individual, permeates the universe, and
affects
everything we do from
birth to death.
实践坦陀罗的人就称为坦陀罗行者。他们视性为神圣,
我们从出生到死亡,所有包围着生命的力量都沉
睡在个体里面,弥漫着整个宇宙,影响着每一件事。
As
sexual beings, we have the ability to raise that
energy within
ourselves and use it to
directly experience alternate
or
mystical states
of consciousness. In
effect, we become
transformed
into temples of male and female
divinity.
作为存在的性,我们有能力去把我们自己内在的能量
提升,利用它去直接体验知觉的交替或神秘状态。
结果是,
我们成为“神”和“女神”,
我们的身体转化,<
/p>
进入男性
和女性神性的庙宇里。
As
you follow the Tantric path, you will learn new
ways to open, develop,
and refine your
senses. These techniques are part
of
the ancient science
of Tantric Yoga, the
spiritual discipline that works
directly with sexual
energy. They
include awareness exercises that
involve focusing attention
on all the
sensations that are available to you
moment by moment.
当你进入坦陀罗的道路,你会学习
新的方式去敞开,
发展和精炼你自己的官能。这些技巧是古代坦陀罗
瑜伽科学的一部分,精神纪律直接与性能量一起运作。它们
包括知觉的练习,包括能够使你的所有感官注意力
一刻接着一刻的调整。
In the
beginning, techniques are helpful because
your mind, body, and past
experience
often interfere with your awareness and
ability to love. Who
you think you
are and how you think you should be
often hampers your
freedom to
change.
p>
一开始的时候,技巧是有帮助的,因为你的思想、身
体和过去的经历
经常干涉你的觉知和爱的能力。想
什么和怎样常常会妨碍你的自由转变。
-
Sacred Sex by Jwala
——《神圣的性》
,
Jwala
The
Tantra vision accepts everything. There is
nothing forbidden in
Tantra.
Everything that a person experiences,
regardless of whether it is
usually Judged
as good or bad, is an opportunity for
learning. For
instance, a situation in
which you feel sexually
frustrated is
not viewed
negatively in Tantra, but as a
teaching. It provides
an opportunity to
understand your motivations about going
into sex.
p>
坦陀罗影像接受万物。坦陀罗里面没有什么是可以被
禁止的。一切都
是一个人的经历,不管它是否经常
被判断为好与坏,这是一个
学习的机会。比如,一个使你感
到性挫折的境遇在坦陀罗里面并不会被视作消极,
而是作为一种教导。它提供一个机会去让你了解进入性里面
的动机。
In Tantra there is no
division between what is good
and what
is bad what
is acceptable and what is unacceptable.
For
instance, Tantra, as I
understand it,
places no moral judgment on your
sexual
preferences. In
Tantra the focus is not so
much on with whom you
do it but rather
on how
you do it. Hence, Tantra can be
practiced by anyone
who is attracted to
this path.
在坦陀罗里面,并没有好与坏,可接受和不可接受之
区分。比如,坦陀罗,正如我所理解,并没有在你
的性选择上作上道德的判断。在坦陀罗里面,焦点并不在于
你做什么,而是如何做。
从而,坦陀罗可以实践于
任何对这条道路感兴趣的人。
The Tantra
vision is one of wholeness, of embracing
everything, because
every
situation, whether pleasant or unpleasant, is
an opportunity to
become more
aware about who you are and how
you can
expand your
capacities. And this provides a great
opportunity for
integrating all
aspects of yourself, including those
parts that you
may normally reject or
hide.
坦陀罗的视野是一个整体,拥抱着万物,因为每一种
境遇,不管是否令人愉快,都是一种机会,去让你
更加知晓你是谁和你如何扩展你的能力。这是一个好机会,
使你的把你自己的所有各
方面成为一个整体,包括
你可能会正常地拒绝或隐藏的部分。
This vision
also recognizes that within each adult
human being there is a
natural,
unspoiled, childlike spirit who can openly
and innocently explore
unfamiliar
territory. The innocence of this spirit
remains intact and
represents our
natural capacity to enjoy life, to love,
to play, and to be
ecstatic.
这种视
野也认为每一个成年人里面都有一种本性,未
受损坏,孩子般的精神可以在新奇的领域上
敞开和
无罪地探究。这种清白的精神仍然完整无缺和保留在我
们的
自然本性里面,使之能够享受生命,去爱,去玩耍
和变得狂喜。
Because Tantra
believes in wholeness, it embraces
opposites, seeing them
not as
contradictions but as complements. The
concepts of male and female
therefore are
not set apart, forever divided by a
gender gap, but are
viewed as two
polarities that meet and merge in
every
human being.
p>
因为坦陀罗相信整体,它拥抱对立面,把它们视之为
补充,而不是矛
盾。从而,这种男性和女性的观念
并不是分离,永远有一个性
缺口,而是看作每一个人里面的
两种极性相遇和融合。
Tantra recognizes that each human
being, whether
man or woman, has both
masculine and feminine qualities. What
this means
is that by discarding
our
gender stereotypes, we can expand our sexual
identities tremendously,
honoring the
polarity in ourselves that until now has
been largely
ignored.