1、坦陀罗( 谭崔)的性艺术坦陀罗(谭崔) 的性艺术 he word Tantra is Sanskrit, the sacred language of Hinduism. It derives from the root word tan, which translates as “to extend, expand, spread, continue, spin out, weave; to put forth, show, or manifest.“ “坦陀 罗” 这个 词是梵语，印度教的宗教 语言。它源自于词根“坦 ”，翻译起来就是延伸、 扩展、蔓延、持续、旋转发出、迂回前进、向前、展现
2、或者出现。 Like the universe we inhabit, Tantra is continually expanding, spreading, and manifesting itself like a “cosmic weave,“ made up of different energies. 就像我们居住的宇宙一样，坦陀罗是不断地扩展、撒布和显示，它本身就像一个“宇宙的迂回前进” ，制造不同的能量。 We are part of this weave, as are our forefathers and foremothers, all life, and every t
3、ype of energy and matter. This includes thoughts, actions, and all physical matter. 我们是迂回前进的其中一部分，就像我们的祖先和女祖先，所有生命，每种类型的物质与能量一样。这里包括思考，行动和所有物质事件。 Because Tantra is a mystical subject, it is nearly impossible to define. Even eminent scholars have had a hard time explaining what Tantra actually is.The
4、 different explanations of Tantra indicate its multifaceted nature. Tantra is a spiritual science, which means it is also mystical, in its interconnectedness, the holistic wisdom link between ourselves and the universe we inhabit. 因为坦陀罗是一个神秘的主题，它几乎不可能去定义。甚至显赫的学者也只是艰难地解释坦陀罗实际是什么。对坦陀罗的不同解释指示出了多种自然因素。坦
5、陀罗是一种精神科学，也意味着神圣，在它的交合里面，整体的智慧连接于我们自己与我们所居住的宇宙之间。 By embracing Tantra, we become more “real,“ more “complete.“ We recogzine and stimulating our inherent sensual spirituality, we discover parts of ourselves that have remained asleep or have been repressed. 通过拥抱坦陀罗，我们变得更加“真实” ，更加“完整”。我们认得和刺激我们固有的感觉灵性，
6、我们发现我们自己的各个部分仍然是沉睡或者已经受到压抑。 With Tantra, an energy is released that is evolutionary and “upwardly motivated.“ We can learn to use this energy for pleasure, for achieving our worldly goals, and for aiding our spiritual evolution. 籍着坦陀罗（印度密教经典），一种能量在释放，进化和“ 向上推动” 。我们 可以学习运用这种能量去娱乐，去完成我们的世间任务，帮助我们的精神进化
7、。 Familiarity with Tantra can help a person to enjoy life to the fullest. It can help do away with guilt or fear, break down self imposed or limiting cultural boundaries, and guide us in our search for solutions. 熟悉坦陀罗可以帮助一个人去享受到生命的完整性。它可以帮助消除内疚和害怕，打破自我欺骗或者文化界限的限制，指引我们去寻找解决方法。 Tantra teaches us to b
8、ecome familiar with our mystical nature, and when we do so, our boundaries expand. 坦陀罗教导我们去变得熟悉我们自己的神秘本性，当我们这么做，我们的边界会扩张。 We enter into new domains of awareness. We become empowered, more fulfilled, and more perfect. 我们进入一个知晓的新领域。我们变得有力量，更加充实和更加完美。 Tantric Yoga is based on the belief that the Univer
9、se is made up of Yin-Yang (Female-Male) principles, and that these Yin-Yang energies are also contained within the human body. Unification and harmonization of the Yin and Yang energy forces brings the experience of joyous transcendence and mystical ecstacy. 坦陀罗瑜伽是建立在信仰宇宙的阴性和阳性（女性和男性）的基础下，这些阴阳能量也包含在
10、人体里面。阴和阳能量的合一和调和带来了卓越的欢乐和神秘状态的体验。 Spirituality and sexuality are not seperate. Rather, these fundamental and exquisite forces of our innermost beings are deeply integrated and united bringing a sense of divine balance and fulfillment within ones self. 灵性和性欲并没有分离。更准确一些，我们最里面存在的这些基本原则和优美力量是深深地完整和合一，联结
11、带来了一种神圣的平衡状态，在一个人的体内履行着。Through the study of the Tantras (sacred sexual teachings), we gain awareness and mastery over our subtle energy body and creative sexual energy flows. 通过对坦陀罗（神圣的性教育）的学习，我们获得知晓和掌握我们狡猾的能量身体和创造性能量的流动。 Through continued practice while partners develop and master the tantric asan
12、as (postures) and pranayamas (breathing techniques), they tone and strengthen their respective subtle energy bodies and learn to harmonize the Yin-Yang forces within themselves and each other. 当伴侣发展和掌握了坦陀罗姿势和呼吸技巧，通过持续练习，他们调和及加强了他们各自狡猾的能量身体和学习去协调他们自己内在和互相之间的阴和阳力量。 As couples combine and channel the p
13、rimordial, evolutionary force of the Kundalini energy, they begin to experince deepening levels of the tantric erotic sentiment and the mystic erotic thrill created by the maturing and upward movement of Kundalini energy. 作为夫妻连接和原始通道，昆达里尼能量的进化力量，他们开始经历加深级别的坦陀罗性爱情操和成熟与昆达里尼能量的向上运动创造的神秘性爱抖动。 This etern
14、al force which unites within them ascends as a powerful vortex of energy rising like liquid fire through their subtle bodies and into their 7th chakras at the top of their heads. 这种连结着他们的永恒力量就像强大的能量旋涡那样攀登，就像液体之火一样，通过他们狡猾的身体而提升到他们的头顶上，进入他们的七个脉轮里面。 This union in turn begins what is often called a nect
15、ar rain of orgasmic splendor throughout the entire nervous system and aura (electromagnetic field of energy around the physical body ). 这种联结依次是由通过称为极度兴奋的甘露开始，贯穿整个神经系统和光环（包围着物理身体周围的电磁的能量区域）。It is believed that through this transcendental state of mystic love that all karmas and impurities of the mind
16、 and body may be burned up and the participants may be transported into the divine realms of consciousness. 据说通过这种先验状态的神秘之爱，所有的因缘和思想与身体的不洁净会烧尽，参与者会进入觉悟的神圣领域。 A Tantra is sometimes defined as “a type of mystical teaching set out mostly in the form of dialogs between a cosmic couple. Intimate insightf
17、ul dialogs, between God and Goddess, Shiva and Shakti, the male and female Tantric adepts, were at times written down and became known as Tantras. Naturally, these dialogs, being intimate, included sexual secrets as well as many other fascinating topics. 坦陀罗有时可定义为“一种类型的神秘教导” ，大多是以与宇宙阴阳之间对话的形式而发出。神与女
18、神，湿婆和帕娃蒂，男性与女性坦陀罗擅长者之间亲密和有洞察力的对话，依次地记录下而形成了坦陀罗。自然地，这些亲密的对话，包括性秘密，同样也有很多其他的迷人话题。 Tantra has been well tested over thousands of years, not in worldly laboratories but in the laboratories of the human body, by Yogi scientists and Tibetan Lamas who were not driven by commerce but by the earnest desire f
19、or spiritual knowledge and liberation. Their observations and insights have been passed down to us. 坦陀罗上千年来都有良好的试验，不仅在世间的实验室，而且还在人体实验室上，通过瑜伽科学家和西藏喇嘛而来，不仅是商业驱使，而且还是对灵性知识和解放的热切渴望。他们的观察和洞察力已经传递给我们。 The sacred Hindu and Buddhist scriptures known as Tantras provide detailed instructions on a wide range o
20、f topics, including spiritual knowledge, technology, and science. Their content is often paradoxical. In Tantra, science and mysticism go hand in hand, as do sensuality and asceticism. 称为坦陀罗的神圣印度教与佛教手稿在更大范围的题目上提供了详细的指示，包括灵性知识，技巧和科学。它们的内容经常是荒谬的。在坦陀罗，科学与神秘主义手牵手，就像纵欲与禁欲一样。 Tantric Yogi involves proper
21、breathing and increased awareness of the energy centers of your body thus purifying the channels and chakras allowing the energies to flow freely through the body. This is done with proper breathing that pulls the air in and out of the body. 坦陀罗瑜伽包括适当的呼吸和增强对身体能量中心的知晓，从而净化通道和脉轮，允许能量自由地流过身体。这是用妥当的呼吸把空
22、气拉出来和吸进体内。 Tantric Sex is meditative, spontaneous and intimate lovemaking. Through it you learn to prolong the act of making love and to channel, rather than dissipate. potent orgasmic energies moving through you, thereby raising the level of your consciousness. 坦陀罗性是静心的，自发和亲密的调情。通过它，你学到了延长做爱的动作和转变，
23、更准确点是驱散，有力的极度兴奋能量通过你而移动，因而提升你觉知的级别。Tantra transports your sexuality from the plane of doing to the place of being. There is no goal in Tantric sex, only the present moment of perfect and harmonious union. Tantra teaches you to revere your sexual partner and to transform the act of sex into a sacrame
24、nt of love. 坦陀罗通过平面的位置传送你的性。坦陀罗的性没有目的，只是呈现完美的片刻和协调的合一。坦陀罗教导你去尊敬你的性伴侣，把性行为转化入爱的圣礼上。 Tantra teaches that lovemaking between a man and woman, when entered into with awareness, is a gateway to both sexual and spiritual ecstasy. 坦陀罗教导男女之间的做爱，当进入知晓的时候，是性和精神入迷的道路。 In India, traditional Tantrikas spent many
25、 years under the guidance of a spiritual teacher and engaged in elaborate yogic rituals to purify and master the body and mind. 在印度，传统的坦陀罗在灵性导师的指导下实行了许多年，在详细阐述的瑜伽典礼中使用，去净化和主宰身体和思想。 These practices were intended to awaken the powerful psychic energies through which the adept could enter into higher s
26、tates of consciousness When a disciple was deemed ready he or she partook in sexual rites with a partner. 当一位门徒被认为准备好去参加性仪式，他或她会带着一个伴侣，这些实践是用来打算通过更高情形的觉知来唤醒强大的精神力量。 Through the sacred act of love, they sought to merge the dual nature of their sexuality into an ecstatic union. Through this came the h
27、armonization of their own internal masculine and feminine polarities and a realization of the blissful nature of the Self. 通过神圣之爱的行动，他们看到了他们二元的性进入一种狂喜的联合里面。通过这样的方式，他们自己得到了自己内在的男性或女性极性的融洽，实现一种有福的自身本性。 The Tantric path encompasses beauty, sensitivity, and exhilaration through eating, drinking, tasting
28、, smelling, touching. It embraces and enhances all forms of creative expression, such as movement and dance, massage, martial arts, the fine arts, healing, and music. 坦陀罗的道路通过吃，喝，味觉，嗅觉，触觉而达成，包围着美丽、敏感和令人愉快。它拥抱和增强所有创造性形式的表达，比如运动和舞蹈，按摩，威武的艺术，精美的艺术，治疗和音乐。 Through experiencing and glorying in the delight
29、s of the body, the body becomes a temple in which you experience the sacred. It becomes a doorway to spiritual evolution. 通过身体的喜悦里面的经历和荣耀，身体变成了你神圣体验的庙宇。它成为一道精神进展的门。 -The Art of Tantric Sex by Nitya Lacroix 坦陀罗的性艺术，Nitya Lacroix People who practice Tantra are called Tantrikas. They view sexual energy
30、 as a divine, all-encompassing life force that sleeps within the individual, permeates the universe, and affects everything we do from birth to death. 实践坦陀罗的人就称为坦陀罗行者。他们视性为神圣，我们从出生到死亡，所有包围着生命的力量都沉睡在个体里面，弥漫着整个宇宙，影响着每一件事。 As sexual beings, we have the ability to raise that energy within ourselves and
31、use it to directly experience alternate or mystical states of consciousness. In effect, we become “gods“ and “goddesses,“ our bodies transformed into temples of male and female divinity. 作为存在的性，我们有能力去把我们自己内在的能量提升，利用它去直接体验知觉的交替或神秘状态。结果是，我们成为“神” 和“女神”，我们 的身体转化，进入男性和女性神性的庙宇里。 As you follow the Tantric
32、path, you will learn new ways to open, develop, and refine your senses. These techniques are part of the ancient science of Tantric Yoga, the spiritual discipline that works directly with sexual energy. They include awareness exercises that involve focusing attention on all the sensations that are a
33、vailable to you moment by moment. 当你进入坦陀罗的道路，你会学习新的方式去敞开，发展和精炼你自己的官能。这些技巧是古代坦陀罗瑜伽科学的一部分，精神纪律直接与性能量一起运作。它们包括知觉的练习，包括能够使你的所有感官注意力一刻接着一刻的调整。 In the beginning, techniques are helpful because your mind, body, and past experience often interfere with your awareness and ability to love. Who you think you a
34、re and how you think you should be often hampers your freedom to change. 一开始的时候，技巧是有帮助的，因为你的思想、身体和过去的经历经常干涉你的觉知和爱的能力。想什么和怎样常常会妨碍你的自由转变。 - Sacred Sex by Jwala 神圣的性，Jwala The Tantra vision accepts everything. There is nothing forbidden in Tantra. Everything that a person experiences, regardless of whe
35、ther it is usually Judged as good or bad, is an opportunity for learning. For instance, a situation in which you feel sexually frustrated is not viewed negatively in Tantra, but as a teaching. It provides an opportunity to understand your motivations about going into sex. 坦陀罗影像接受万物。坦陀罗里面没有什么是可以被禁止的。
36、一切都是一个人的经历，不管它是否经常被判断为好与坏，这是一个学习的机会。比如，一个使你感到性挫折的境遇在坦陀罗里面并不会被视作消极，而是作为一种教导。它提供一个机会去让你了解进入性里面的动机。 In Tantra there is no division between what is good and what is bad what is acceptable and what is unacceptable. For instance, Tantra, as I understand it, places no moral judgment on your sexual preferen
37、ces. In Tantra the focus is not so much on with whom you do it but rather on how you do it. Hence, Tantra can be practiced by anyone who is attracted to this path. 在坦陀罗里面，并没有好与坏，可接受和不可接受之区分。比如，坦陀罗，正如我所理解，并没有在你的性选择上作上道德的判断。在坦陀罗里面，焦点并不在于你做什么，而是如何做。从而，坦陀罗可以实践于任何对这条道路感兴趣的人。 The Tantra vision is one of w
38、holeness, of embracing everything, because every situation, whether pleasant or unpleasant, is an opportunity to become more aware about who you are and how you can expand your capacities. And this provides a great opportunity for integrating all aspects of yourself, including those parts that you m
39、ay normally reject or hide. 坦陀罗的视野是一个整体，拥抱着万物，因为每一种境遇，不管是否令人愉快，都是一种机会，去让你更加知晓你是谁和你如何扩展你的能力。这是一个好机会，使你的把你自己的所有各方面成为一个整体，包括你可能会正常地拒绝或隐藏的部分。 This vision also recognizes that within each adult human being there is a natural, unspoiled, childlike spirit who can openly and innocently explore unfamiliar te
40、rritory. The innocence of this spirit remains intact and represents our natural capacity to enjoy life, to love, to play, and to be ecstatic. 这种视野也认为每一个成年人里面都有一种本性，未受损坏，孩子般的精神可以在新奇的领域上敞开和无罪地探究。这种清白的精神仍然完整无缺和保留在我们的自然本性里面，使之能够享受生命，去爱，去玩耍和变得狂喜。 Because Tantra believes in wholeness, it embraces opposite
41、s, seeing them not as contradictions but as complements. The concepts of male and female therefore are not set apart, forever divided by a gender gap, but are viewed as two polarities that meet and merge in every human being. 因为坦陀罗相信整体，它拥抱对立面，把它们视之为补充，而不是矛盾。从而，这种男性和女性的观念并不是分离，永远有一个性缺口，而是看作每一个人里面的两种极
42、性相遇和融合。 Tantra recognizes that each human being, whether man or woman, has both masculine and feminine qualities. What this means is that by discarding our gender stereotypes, we can expand our sexual identities tremendously, honoring the polarity in ourselves that until now has been largely ignored
43、. 坦陀罗认可每一个人，不管男性还是女性，都拥有男性和女性特质。那就是意味着，丢弃我们的性烙印，我们可以扩展我们性的非常一致性，尊敬我们自己内在的极性在今天仍然是受到忽视的。 In Tantra the man can be encouraged to explore his soft, receptive, vulnerable, feminine aspects. He can slip out from beneath the weight of his male responsibilities, stop performing, and relax, taking his time
44、in sex, making love without a specific goal, allowing himself to receive while his partner initiates. 在坦陀罗里面，男人可以被鼓励去探索他自己温柔，善于接受，易受攻击，女性化的一面。他可以从他的男性职责滑下来，停止表演和放松，享受他的性，没有特别的目的去做爱，当他的伴侣主动的时候，允许去接受。 For her part, the woman can explore her masculine dimension, recognizing that she is capable of dynam
45、ic leadership in lovemaking, taking the initiative, creating new ways of guiding, teaching, and giving herself and her partner pleasure. 作为女性，她可以探索她的男性尺度，认可她能够在做爱上采取主动权，主动，创造新方式去领导，教导，给予她自己和她的伴侣欢乐。 The man does not give up his masculinity, nor does the woman abandon her femininity. They simply expan
46、d their potential to include the other polarity. 男性并没有放弃他的男性特质，女性也没有放弃她的女性特质。他们仅仅是扩展他们的潮能去包含另一极性。 In Tantra, when the male and female polarities merge, a new dimension becomes available-the sense of the sacred. When the sacredness of sexual union is felt, it is possible to experience your connection
47、 to the life force itself, the source of creation. 在坦陀罗，当男性和女性的极性融合，一种新的尺度变得有用神圣的感觉。当性的神圣融合起来就是粘结，可能会体验到你与生命力量本身，创造的源头的联系。 This connection lifts your consciousness beyond the physical plane into a field of power and energy much greater than your own. Then you feel linked, through your partner, to ev
48、erything that lives and loves. You feel that you are a part of the great dance of existence; you feel one with it. 这种连结把你的觉知举起到身体平面之上，进入一个力量和能量的领域，比你自己的强大得多。然后你感觉受到连接，通过你的伴侣，去感受万物的生命和爱。你感受到你是存在的伟大舞蹈的其中一部分，你感受到你是其中一员。 （伟大的湿婆舞） - The Art of Sexual Ecstasy by Margot Anand 性的入迷艺术Buddhism was the crownin
49、g cultural achievement of Pala period India (eighth through twelfth centuries) and an internationally influential movement that swept throughout Asia, where it has survived in many countries to the present day. 佛教是印度帕拉时期（八世纪到十二世纪）的至高成就，一种国际性的影响运动席卷亚洲，保留了许多个世纪，直至今天。 Tantric Buddhism arose when Mahayana Buddhism was enjoying a period of great philosophical productivity and intellectual influence. Flourishing monastic universities offered a life of study and contemplation but also provided a direct route to tremendous wealth, political influence, and social prestige.
