Some of these upāya are esoteric practices which must be initiated and transmitted esoterically only through a skilled spiritual teacher.

The fact that Yoga was later identified with extremely esoteric practices is secondary.

Trungpa was one of the first teachers to introduce the esoteric practice of the Vajrayana to the West.

That was in 1967, when international investing was a rare, almost esoteric practice.

Since his father's death Keridil had, by slow and careful degrees, begun to make changes in much of the Circle's more esoteric practice.

It is free of the common rituals of worship and also the esoteric practice of the Tantra.

Around the turn of the eighth century, the northern school was known for its esoteric practices of dhāraṇīs and mantras.

The "soul" then is not something one is born with, but something that one has to develop through esoteric practice.

Interest in meditation techniques, yoga, martial arts, and other esoteric practices spiked.

Because of this, apart from the basic exercises, the remaining 190 exercises, more esoteric practices and knowledge, are in danger of being lost.