- TANTRIC BUDDHISM
- that branch of BUDDHISM which developed TANTRA as an ESOTERIC system involving MAGIC and sexual practices believed to overcome desire by over indulgence.
Concise dictionary of Religion. 2012.
TANTRIC BUDDHISM
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