TANTRISM

        Religions like Hinduism and Buddhism are strongly influenced by this religion called Tantrism.This religion resembles the attachment of male(nefesh) and female(chajah) not on just for sexual point of view but also the combination of their spirit and soul giving the living soul its full meaning.On the mystical plane, the spirit is regarded as male and the soul which animates the body as female. This is the well known duality of animus and anima.Tantrism can be explained as like a candle with its elements of light and darkness resembling male and female.Tantrism is also a religion of moral percepts, meditation, yoga, mantras and a philosophy that believes in interwovenness of all things.This riligion was originated in asia mostly from Nepal, so tourists come to visit Nepal to know what Tantrism really is.

        Tantrism has greatly influenced Nepalese Buddhism by creating the path of Vajrayana, the Path of the Thunderbolt. The main object used in Vajrayana Buddhist rituals is a small thunderbolt-like sceptre that is said to represent the infinite in three dimensions. A large thunderbolt, or Vajra as it is commonly referred to, can be seen at the entrance of Swayambhu temple at Katmandu on the top of a long flight steps.There are basically two types of Tantric gods and goddesses: Dharmapalas and Yidams. The former is often depicted with flaming red hair, several arms, legs or heads and three eyes. Yidams are tutelary deities often found depicted in thangkas; like their Dharmapala counterparts, they are ferocious deities with many hands and fiercesome weapons.