Generally an integral feature of Vaishnava cul-ture and practice. Vaishnava Tantra As Outlined in the BhagavataKrishna Kshetra Swami What may be less known even within current Vaishnava circles is that tantra-or as-pects of what can be identified as tantra-is I practise bhakti!’ In-ĭeed, it is safe to say that most Vaishnavas con-sider devotion, bhakti, to Vishnu, Narayana, or Krishna to be the defining feature of Vaish-navism. If you ask a vaishnava whether she or he practises tantra, the answer is likely to be: ‘No, absolutely not. I hasten to add-and this is one reason mainstream Vaishnavas may reject the idea that they practise tantra-that PAINTING: YANN / NATIONAL MUSEUM, NEW DELHI Shukadeva Narrating Bhagavata Krishna Kshetra Swami is the dean of studies, Bhaktivedanta College, Belgium and a research fellow at the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies, Oxford, uk. Here I want to sketch some features of Vaishnava tantra, particularly as these are found in one of the most important sacred texts for Vaishnavas, namely, the Bhagavata. is is particularly the case in the area of formal or ritual, practices, which Vaishnavas oſten identify as archana -the con- stellation of activities centred on the worship of Vishnu as embodied in a physical form, graphic representation, or feature of physical nature. What may be less known even within current Vaishnava circles is that tantra-or as- pects of what can be identified as tantra-is Vaishnava Tantra As Outlined in the Bhagavata Krishna Kshetra Swami generally an integral feature of Vaishnava cul- ture and practice. I practise bhakti!’ In- deed, it is safe to say that most Vaishnavas con- sider devotion, bhakti, to Vishnu, Narayana, or Krishna to be the defining feature of Vaish- navism. PB January 2016 178 I f you ask a vaishnava w hether she or he practises tantra, the answer is likely to be: ‘No, absolutely not.
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