Tantra Sadhana: Tantric Deities & The World of Mandalas & Chakras | Concluding Puja

Part 2 begins with Shakti Puja, one of the most revered among all tantric practices, that invokes the 360 divinities of Durga Saptashati. This practice opens the door to understanding tantra in all its forms and colors—a vast range of deities, mantras, yantras, and mandalas.

To some, these tantric essentials appear complex and confusing; to others, they are products of the tantric belief system. Still others consider them archetypes of a world hidden deep in our own minds. But for accomplished masters, they are as real as sensory objects are to us.

Through their advanced and prolonged practices, tantric masters penetrated a reality too subtle to be perceived by the senses. Upon reaching that reality, they were blessed with unique revelations. As these masters transmitted those revelations, the world of tantra—deities, mantras, mandalas, and chakras—emerged. These masters also delineated the techniques for how to receive these transmissions, enter the extrasensory world, and benefit from its extraordinary powers.