Shakti and Shâkta : essays and addresses on the Shâkta Tantrashâstra
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THE PANCHATATTVA
which have led to abuse) a great principle is involved which may find legitimate and ennobling application in all daily acts of physical function within the bound of man’s ordinary Dharma. Those who so practice this principle may become the true Vira who has been said to be not the man of great physical or sexual strength, the great fighter, eater, drinker, or the like but
Jitendriyah satyavadi nityanushthana-tatparah
Kémédi-validanashcha sa vira iti gtyate.
* He isa Hero who has controlled his senses, and is a speaker of truth; who is ever engaged in worship and has sacrificed lust and all other passions.”
The attainment of these qualities is the aim, whatever is said of some of the means, of all such Tantrik Sadhana,
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