Why does traditional Theravada meditation look like tantra?

Why does traditional Theravada meditation look like tantra? Recovering pre-modern technologies of transformation A talk and conversation with Dr. Kate Crosby This talk looks at the pre-modern meditation practices of Theravada of which only traces remain in Southeast Asia today. These practices have sometimes been labeled as tantric Theravada because of the somatic nature of their practices in which qualities of Buddhahood are internalized by the practitioner. This talk will examine how these practices reflect a shared Indic scientific context with more familiar forms of tantra, but also how they differ and are fundamentally Theravada in their understanding of the relationship between consciousness, the body and Buddhahood.