Disgust as Buddhist practice

"Eating and drinking supposedly-disgusting things was a main practice of early Buddhist Tantra. The essence of its primary ritual—ganachakra—was drinking a sacred mixture of semen and menstrual blood. (See Ronald Davidson’s Indian Esoteric Buddhism and David Gordon White’s Kiss of the Yogini.) Other disgusting substances were also consumed. Recognizing all reality as sacred, as inherently pure, was not the only point of this practice—but it was a significant one."

http://buddhism-for-vampires.com/disgust-as-buddhist-practice

Tantric Art Shop

The front door to the shop can be found on the Aro Books worldwide website, and if you follow the links from Tantric Arts you will eventually arrive at a page of thangka images . Clicking on any of these takes you through to the shop where they are available as cards and posters. You can also get there directly via the shop's own site at Zazzle.

Aro Tradition Thangka Calendar 2011

Tantric Art from the Aro Tradition.

http://bit.ly/arocal2011th

Thangka paintings of the Aro History, Jomo Pema 'ö-Zér, Aro Yeshé, Yeshé Tsogyel, Black Ögyen Chenrezigs, Dorje Phurba, Dorje Tröllö, Rangrig Togden, Padmasambhava, Ögyen Dzambhala, Ayé Khandro, Khyungchen Aro Lingma, Jomo Menmo.


http://aro-books-worldwide.blogspot.com/2010/11/aro-tradition-thangka-calendar-2011.html

Exploring Vajrayana Buddhism

""What the warrior renounces is anything in his experience that is a barrier between himself and others. In other words, renunciation is making yourself more available, more gentle and open to others." - Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Shambhala, The Sacred Path of the Warrior"

http://sitemaker.umich.edu/tantra/quotes_and_images