Jainism

On Tantra, Jain Style

Response
"The story that Dr. Gough is telling about the development of Jain tantra—the Jain adoption of mantra-practice, but rejection of antinomianism—thus seems to me to be a fundamentally noteworthy case-study," writes Anne Mocko on our interview with Ellen Gough discussing the 'tantricization' of Jain ascetic rituals.

On the Tantricization of Jain Ascetic Rituals

Podcast
In the RSP’s first episode on Jainism, Dr. Ellen Gough joins Andie Alexander to discuss what she terms “tantricization,” a method for thinking about the process of establishing something as tantric.
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