Tantra accepts everything, lives everything. That's why tantra never could become a very accepted ideology. It always remained a fringe ideology.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Tantra accepts everything, which made it a fringe ideology rather than a widely accepted system.
- In plain terms
- Because Tantra accepts all aspects of life, it never became a mainstream religion.
- What can you take from it?
- Total acceptance often leads to being marginalized by conventional systems.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do societies reject total acceptance?
- What makes an idea mainstream?
Another view
Fringe movements can be more authentic than mainstream ones.
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