Traditional[edit]The Tantric tradition offers various definitions of tantra. One comes from theKmik-tantra:Because it elaborates (tan) copious and profound matters, especially relating to the principles of reality (tattva) and sacred mantras, and because it provides liberation (tra), it is called atantra.[2]A second, very similar to the first, comes from Swami Satyananda.Tantra embodies two sanskrit words:tanoti(expands) andtrayoti(liberates)... It is the system by which you liberate or separate the two aspects of consciousness and matter -purushaandprakritior Shiva and Shakti.[3]