Mudra is fermented or parched grain . Fermented grain is the fourth of the "Five Forbidden Things" (panchamakara) in the secre...

  Sacred sound in the most fundamental sense. A mantra is a collection of phonemes that may or may not have grammatical meaning as real ...

  (“copulation”) Sexual intercourse is the fifth and final of the Five Forbidden Things (panchamakara) in the secret ritual-based religiou...

    (“wine”) Wine is the first of the Five Forbidden Things in tantra, a secret ritual-based religious practice (panchamakara). Because ...

Adhikara is a Sanskrit word that means "qualifying." Adhikara implies that one possesses the religious credentials to conduct spec...