Tantra (Sanskrit: ?????? "weave" denoting continuityNorbu, p. 49), tantricism or tantrism is any of several esoteric traditions rooted in the religions of India. It exists in Hindu, Bönpo, Buddhist, and Jain forms. Tantra in its various forms has existed in South Asia, China, Japan, Tibet, Korea, Cambodia, Burma, Indonesia and Mongolia.White (2000), p. 7 David Gordon White, while cautioning against attempting a rigorous definition of what is a protean practice, offers the following working defi