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1. A '''dakini''' ([[Sanskrit]]: '''s. pl.''' "sky walker, witch, imp") is a [[Tantric]] [[priest]]ess of ancient [[India]] who "carried the [[soul]]s of the [[dead]] to the sky." According to [[legend]], members of the Indian royal [[caste]]s and the wealthy [[nobility]] brought their deceased to the far North to visit the Shrine of the Dakini (located at the foothills of the [[Himalayas]]). Other legends mention a [[Tibet]]an myth which says dakini first appeared in a remote area ''"pure of man."''

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2. Dakini are timeless, inorganic, immortal, non-human [[being]]s who have co-existed since the very beginning with the Spiritual Energy. In some [[New Age]] belief systems, they are [[angel|angelic]]. This New Age [[paradigm]] differs from that of the [[Judeo-Christian]] by not insisting on angels being ''bona fide'' servants of [[God]]. Moreover, an angel is the Western equivalent of a dakini. The behavior of dakini has always been revelatory and mysterious; they respond to the state of spiritual energy within individuals. Love is their usual domain—one explanation for dakini or angels supposedly living in the [[sky]] or [[heaven]]. Manifestations of dakini in human form occur because they supposedly can assume any form. Most often they appear as a human female. By convention, a male of this type is called a '''dakin'''.

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3. [[Tantra|Tantric]] [[sex]] may involve a "helper" dakini-- a human female trained in Tantra [[Yoga]]-- or an "actual" dakini. Both increase the level of erotic pleasure for the sexual participants by helping them focus on a non-physical state of spiritual joy and the physical pleasure of sex at the same time.

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==References==

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* Wikipedia (2004). [http://www.wikipedia.org/Dakini Dakini]. Retrieved Oct. 16, 2004.

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-. A '''dakini''' ([[Sanskrit]]: '''s. pl.''' "sky walker, witch, imp") is a [[Tantric]] [[priest]]ess of ancient [[India]] who "carried the [[soul]]s of the [[dead]] to the sky." According to [[legend]], members of the Indian royal [[caste]]s and the wealthy [[nobility]] brought their deceased to the far North to visit the Shrine of the Dakini (located at the foothills of the [[Himalayas]]). Other legends mention a [[Tibet]]an myth which says dakini first appeared in a remote area ''"pure of man."''
-. Dakini are timeless, inorganic, immortal, non-human [[being]]s who have co-existed since the very beginning with the Spiritual Energy. In some [[New Age]] belief systems, they are [[angel|angelic]].  This New Age [[paradigm]] differs from that of the [[Judeo-Christian]] by not insisting on angels being ''bona fide'' servants of [[God]]. Moreover, an angel is the Western equivalent of a dakini. The behavior of dakini has always been revelatory and mysterious; they respond to the state of spiritual energy within individuals. Love is their usual domain&mdash;one explanation for dakini or angels supposedly living in the [[sky]] or [[heaven]]. Manifestations of dakini in human form occur because they supposedly can assume any form. Most often they appear as a human female. By convention, a male of this type is called a '''dakin'''.
-. [[Tantra|Tantric]] [[sex]] may involve a "helper" dakini-- a human female trained in Tantra [[Yoga]]-- or an "actual" dakini. Both increase the level of erotic pleasure for the sexual participants by helping them focus on a non-physical state of spiritual joy and the physical pleasure of sex at the same time.
-==References==
-* Wikipedia (2004). [http://www.wikipedia.org/Dakini Dakini]. Retrieved Oct. 16, 2004.
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