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  • It is possible to trace a whole tradition of maithuna Tantric visionary sexuality in the literature of Romance.21

    The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

  • Much of the courtly love tradition involves the understanding of specific techniques, for example, that of maithuna, the deliberate withholding of orgasm to induce sensations of bliss and mystical awareness.

    The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

  • Much of the courtly love tradition involves the understanding of specific techniques, for example, that of maithuna, the deliberate withholding of orgasm to induce sensations of bliss and mystical awareness.

    The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

  • It is possible to trace a whole tradition of maithuna Tantric visionary sexuality in the literature of Romance.21

    The Templar Revelation Lynn Picknett 2004

  • In other traditions, this thermodynamics of ecstasy is known as male continence, maithuna, or Tantric sex.

    Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004

  • In other traditions, this thermodynamics of ecstasy is known as male continence, maithuna, or Tantric sex.

    Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004

  • In other traditions, this thermodynamics of ecstasy is known as male continence, maithuna, or Tantric sex.

    Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004

  • The same work (not without analogies in the ecstatic utterances of Christian saints) boldly compares union with the Âtman to the bliss of one who is embraced by a beloved wife, but this is a mere illustration and there is no hint of the doctrine that the goal of the religious life is obtainable by _maithuna_.

    Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896

  • _ It does not prescribe human sacrifices and counsels moderation in the use of wine and _maithuna.

    Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896

  • Of course there may be many other allusions in yet unedited works of Asanga but it is noticeable that this allusion to _maithuna_ is only made in passing and is not connected with the essence of his teaching.] [Footnote 310: Transl.

    Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 2 Charles Eliot 1896

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