Why Is Mantra So Important In Tantra?

About this episode

A foundational discussion on the importance of mantra in Tantra, exploring linguistic mysticism and the relationship between language and reality.

A rather foundational and exciting discussion about linguistic mysticism in both its psychological and metaphysical dimensions. We first sketch out the Sanskrit language system and then we make a case for how words sculpt our reality, on a psychological level. But then, we daringly go beyond mere linguistic mysticism to a far deeper insight on the inseparability of the world and language. The world IS language! And so if Tantra is a tradition that promises to create change in the world throu...

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Host: Nishanth Selvalingam

Topics covered

• linguistic mysticism
• psychological dimensions
• metaphysical dimensions
• Sanskrit language
• Tantra
• reality

Keywords

• mantra
• Tantra
• linguistic mysticism
• Sanskrit
• psychology
• metaphysics
• language

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Tantra, Sanskrit

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