Tantric Buddhism usually refers to a special esoteric school of
Buddhist philosophy, practice, and
art ‘based on treatises known as
tantras’.
It emerged in northeast
India during the fifth or sixth centuries CE and then formed its distinctive features around the seventh century CE. Afterward, it expanded geographically outward to the
Himalayas, East
Asia,
and Southeast Asia.
What Is Tantra?
Countless practices of several Asian
religions have been lumped together by western scholars under the heading "tantra." The .