The neuroscience of tantric practice

Samuel, Geoffrey ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5563-871X and Kozhevnikov, Maria 2024. The neuroscience of tantric practice. Payne, Richard K. and Hayes, Glen A., eds. The Oxford Handbook of Tantric Studies Get access Arrow, Oxford University Press, pp. 151-174. (10.1093/oxfordhb/9780197549889.013.6)

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Abstract

This chapter is primarily concerned with tantric practice as spiritual training or self-cultivation within Buddhist and Hindu traditions. This process involves cognitive, emotional, and physical aspects of an integrated body-mind, and it appears to enable the achievement of exceptional levels of human ability. The autonomic nervous system (ANS) is a key part of this process. A series of neuroscientific studies has clarified the role of the neural system in tantric meditation, showing how tantric practice differs in fundamental ways from previously studied non-tantric forms of Buddhist and Hindu practice. This research opens the way to a new and more solidly grounded approach to the analysis and understanding of both tantric and non-tantric meditation techniques.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	History, Archaeology and Religion
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISBN:	9780197549889
Last Modified:	31 Oct 2024 11:00
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/173549

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