Originally Posted by
Arjuna
It is compulsory on a certain stage of sadhana in this or that form (with one's own wife, parakiya-shakti or in chakrarchana). There is no substitution for maithuna as such.
Substitution is prescribed for certain issues, and even that is rejected by some Agamas and Gurus. Thus, in Tantraloka-viveka it is said that if woman for intercourse is not available, chakra-puja should not be done. Other texts hold more mild position and allow inner maithuna (my tradition does allow this). In any case, substitutions (like combination of two flowers or special mudras) are used in some cases, but never as a legacy to avoid maithuna as such.
Yoni-tantra 8. 2 says, maithunena vinA muktirnaiva shAstrasya nirNayaH, "there is no Liberation without maithuna". And other Agamas confirm this view, stating that no Shakta-upasana can be done without Vamachara.
This doesn't mean that every puja has to include maithuna, of course. But for a Kaula Vama-sadhana is a must. The question is only its particular form, which depends on sampradaya, Guru and his own will.
Perhaps U wanted to say "I am not saying the teachings are false". Anyway, of course there are plenty rituals in Tantras which do not include sexual element of any kind. It isn't a big deal to find such!
The fact is that maithuna is a necessary part of Kaulachara. If one stops at the level of pashu-bhava (dakshina- or samayachara), no ritual sex may take place (and if it has place, then it is restricted to one's own wife only). But if one wills to go further on Kaula path, and achieve Rudra-hood/Yogini-hood in this very life, it becomes a necessary part.
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