What are the tantras?

Bright on Buddhism Episode 52 - What are the tantras? What do they contain? How do they relate to other Asian religious traditions? Resources: http://www.dsbcproject.org/; Wallis, Christopher; THE TANTRIC AGE: A Comparison Of Shaiva And Buddhist Tantra, February, 2016; Grey, David B.; Tantra and the Tantric Traditions of Hinduism and Buddhism; Isaacson, Harunaga (1998). Tantric Buddhism in India (from c. 800 to c. 1200). In: Buddhismus in Geschichte und Gegenwart. Band II. Hamburg. pp.23–49. (Internal publication of Hamburg University.); Bhattacharyya, Benoytosh; An Introduction to Buddhist Esoterism, Motilal Banarsidass Publ., 1980, India, p.; Walker, Benjamin (1983). Tantrism: Its Secret Principles and Practices. Borgo Press. ISBN 0-85030-272-2; Wallis, Christopher (2013) Tantra Illuminated: The Philosophy, History, and Practice of a Timeless Tradition. Mattamayura Press. ISBN 0989761304; Ramos, Imma. Tantra : Enlightenment to Revolution. London: Thames and Hudson, 2020.; Wayman, Alex. “Aspects of Hindu and Buddhist Tantra.” The Tibet Journal 1, no. 3/4 (1976): 32–44. http://www.jstor.org/stable/43299822.; Wayman, Alex., R. Tajima, and R. (Ryujun) Tajima. The Enlightenment of Vairocana. 1st Indian ed. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass Publishers, 1992.; Elder, George R. “Problems of Language in Buddhist Tantra.” History of Religions 15, no. 3 (1976): 231–50. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1062526.; WAYMAN, ALEX. “EARLY LITERARY HISTORY OF THE BUDDHIST TANTRAS, ESPECIALLY THE GUHYASAMĀJA-TANTRA.” Annals of the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute 48/49 (1968): 99–110. http://www.jstor.org/stable/41694230.; Payne, Richard K. Language in the Buddhist Tantra of Japan : Indic Roots of Mantra. London, UK ;: Bloomsbury Academic, 2018.; Ghosh, Sanchita. “BUDDHIST DEITIES AND ‘MANTRAS’ IN THE HINDU TANTRAS (TANTRASARASAMGRAHA AND ISANASIVA GURUDEVA PADDHATI).” Proceedings of the Indian History Congress 74 (2013): 110–14. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44158805.; Wayman, Alex. “Totemic Beliefs in the Buddhist Tantras.” History of Religions 1, no. 1 (1961): 81–94. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1061971.; Abé, Ryūichi. The Weaving of Mantra: Kukai and the Construction of Esoteric Buddhist Discourse. Columbia University Press, 2000.; Esoteric Buddhism and the Tantras in East Asia. Brill, 2010. https://brill.com/view/title/14740.; Tantra in Practice, ed. David Gordon White (Princeton University Press, 2000), 119–30, https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv3hh53v.14. Do you have a question about Buddhism that you'd like us to discuss?  Let us know by finding us on email or social media!  https://linktr.ee/brightonbuddhism Credits: Nick Bright: Script, Cover Art, Music, Voice of Hearer, Co-Host Proven Paradox: Editing, mixing and mastering, social media, Voice of Hermit, Co-Host