When I was in Ladakh, I heard stories of Naropa and Padmasambhava. I heard about the moments when each of them was approached by dakinis as actual encounters that changed the entire direction of their practice. I heard how Naropa was confronted by dakinis who told him his intellectual understand...

"Consider your essence as light rays from centre to centre up the vertebrae, and so rises 'livingness' in you. Or the spaces between, feel this as lightning." (From the 5000 year old scripture; Vigyan Bhairav Tantra) Chakra is a Sanskrit word that means ‘wheel of light’. Traditionally there ...

On the evening of September 21st (my due date), I felt my soul was ready for birth. I sat before my birthing altar, surrounded by the soft glow of candles. The special pink candle I had been saving for this moment burned at the centre, a quiet flame of devotion. I lit incense, closed my eyes, an...

Tantra Essence is a world renowned Tantra school based in Bali, offering retreats and trainings across the world. The school is led by Ma Ananda Sarita, a Tantra master initiated by Osho, who has more than five decades of experience living and teaching Tantra internationally. Our Tantra Teacher ...

During my travels around the world teaching Tantra I am often asked questions about meditation. Many people still carry an outdated idea that sexuality and spirituality are separate from each other and are surprised that Tantra is based on meditation practices. In Tantra, meditation may include ...

Love is omnipresent in the universe. Our essential nature is love. And yet, we forget, we feel lack, we search for it and we mourn when our world appears to embrace hatred, fear and suffering. Kabir, the great mystic poet is reported to have said; “Asking where is love is like the fish in the se...

Throughout the whole of human history one of the recurring themes is the debate over ‘Good’ vs ‘Evil.’ At different times and in different places, the faces of Good and Evil change but the primary question remains ever present; why this constant tug of war between these two forces? What is it in...

“This very place, the Lotus Paradise, This very body, the Buddha.” - Zen Master Hakuin With these words, the great Zen Master Hakuin, interpreted the Heart Sutra in its most exquisite and refined form. In doing so, he also gave a mystical transmission, which sums up all spiritual teachings ...

"Here in this body are the sacred rivers Here are the sun and the moon As well as all the pilgrimage places I have not encountered another temple As blissful as my own body" - Saraha Doha  The Body is Divine Part of the work of Tantra is to honour each sense as a gateway into expanded c...

Ma Ananda Sarita is returning to the United States for the first time in nearly a decade. This January 2026, she will be leading a signature retreat, Tantra Transformation at a breathtakingly luxurious venue in Austin, Texas. Sarita’s visit to the U.S. comes as part of a limited trip to appear ...