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Re:Lost in Thought: Psychological Risks of Meditation by mangamadaiyan on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @11:31PM (#26486204)
Who forbids it?
Re:Lost in Thought: Psychological Risks of Meditation by frongpik on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @01:38AM (#26486994)
From wikipedia: Vāmācāra is a Sanskrit term meaning "left-handed attainment" and is synonymous with "Left-Hand Path".

In occultism, "left hand path" means black magic. So it would be the "right hand path" followers who forbid practice vamachara.

Re:Lost in Thought: Psychological Risks of Meditation by hnick on Tuesday March 16, 2021 @11:47PM (#26486290)
Interesting piece on it here. I wasn't aware of these terms.

Basically, by definition it is about breaching Hindu societal taboos, unless I am vastly misunderstanding this brief summary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-hand_path_and_right-hand_...

Re:Lost in Thought: Psychological Risks of Meditation by asymptosis on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @12:04AM (#26486393)
This is the syllabus I was working through: https://web.archive.org/web/20040612155253/http://www.kamaka...

It isn't obvious that asanas, breathing exercises, mantras and visualisation are somehow breaching any taboos of any society that I know of ;)

Re:Lost in Thought: Psychological Risks of Meditation by mulberrybush on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @04:42AM (#26488051)
This is derived from kriya yoga, not Vāmācāra. Another similar online tutorial is https://www.aypsite.org/10.html. Real Vāmācāra by definition involves breaking all taboos - see this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hiKDMsIHn8 (warning - it is pretty horrific)
Re:Lost in Thought: Psychological Risks of Meditation by Nemrod67 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @07:42AM (#26489682)
Watching the doc, all I see is LARP.

Why do we consider those seriously while making fun of LaVey's rituals?

Re:Lost in Thought: Psychological Risks of Meditation by ta988 on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @10:43PM (#26499245)
Most human activities could be seen as that. An american screaming madly at its tv screen showing a football game with ads telling them what to buy. A priest burning frankincense and telling other humans what to do... Those are all meaningful for the people practicing them and can look ridiculous for others.
Re:Lost in Thought: Psychological Risks of Meditation by mulberrybush on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @04:04PM (#26496149)
Shouldnt consider any of it seriously - it is all LARP all the way down...
Re:Lost in Thought: Psychological Risks of Meditation by asymptosis on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @05:41PM (#26497114)
Thanks for the heads up. When the link said "vamachara" I just took it face value.