This document describes a Tantric ritual called Yoni Tantra that involves the worship and ritual sexual intercourse with the divine female yoni (vagina). It explains that Yoni Tantra is mentioned in some Kaula and Sri Tantras. The document then outlines the content of the Yoni Tantra text including introductions to concepts like Svecchachara (acting on one's own will), reverence for women, the goddesses associated with parts of the yoni, and the eight sections or "Patalas" of the text that provide instructions for Yoni Tantra worship and sadhana (spiritual practice).
2. The Yoni Tantra. Unveiling a Key Tantrik Sexual
Ritual
• A Key Tantrik Sexual Ritual of the yoni tattva
described in the clearest of terms
• Whilst ritual sexual intercourse is often alluded to in
Kaula and Śrī tantras, there are only a few of these in
which yoni tattva is mentioned
• Yoni Tantra is explained as a eulogy of the yoni and
the yoni tattva
• This book explodes the myth that the "secret
sādhana" was veiled by a twilight language
3. Content
• Introduction to Yoni Tantra
• Svecchachara
• Reverence for Women
• Kāmarūpa
• The Ten Mahāvidyās
• 8 Patalas
4. Svecchachara
• This Sanskrit word means a spiritual state in which an
individual may act according to her or his own will.
• The ordinary rules for worship are suspended for one
following Mahachina practice.
• Svecchachara is the way of the Avadhuta, a spiritual
person beyond any qualifications or distinctions.
"For him there is no such thing as sin or virtue. The ethical system
of sin and virtue is to protect the minds of the worldly, since the
mind is the measure of all things and all things last only a
moment." (CT 8,60)
5. Reverence for Women
• The Kaulas regarded female gurus very highly
• In Kaula every woman is thought of as a
manifestation of the Goddess
• The Kaula is instructed to recite a mantra inwardly
whenever he sees a woman
"Women are divinity, women are life, women are truly jewels."
6. Kāmarūpa
• Many of the Kaula Tantras originate from Kāmarūpa
• In Puranic legend, this is the place where the yoni of
Devī fell to earth after her body was sliced into 50
segments by the discus of Viśṇu.
"It is said that female sadhvikas knowing yoga dwell at Kāmakhyā
Pītha. If one joins with one of these, one obtains Yogini Siddhi."
(KJN, Patala 16)
7. The Ten Mahāvidyās
Mahavidyas associated with the different parts of
the yoni:
• Kālī
• Tārā
• Sodasi
• Chinnamastaka
• Bhagalamukhi
• Matangi
• Bhuvaneshvari
• Mahalakshmi
8. Eight Patalas
Patalas open with a familiar tantrik scene on Mount Kailasa where
Shiva is addressed by Parvati. Shiva says he will declare the Yoni
Tantra to Parvati out of love for her.
• First Patala: About the chief among 64 tantras
• Second Patala: About which types of yoni should be worshipped
and which bring good fortune
• Third Patala: About Yoni Tantra
• Fourth Patala: About the nature of yoni worship
• Fifth Patala: About the manner of proceeding for all sādhakas
• Sixth Patala: About the quintessential secret of sādhana
• Seventh Patala: About the ultimate vīra sādhana
• Eighth Patala: About liberation by yoni worship