Beijing, March 22 (TruthDive): Authorities have shut down a ‘Tantric sex centre’ in China
WHAT IS TANTRIC
Tantra is the name of an inter-religious spiritual movement that originated in medieval India. Its principles were later developed to connect with massage and yoga practices
OBJECTIVES:
The members were coaxed into promiscuous sex as a therapy to relieve tension.A watchdog and police had suspected the group of brainwashing members into performing various sex acts, claiming that it would help relieve their tension. During the classes, members, who were given strangers as partners, were invited to indulge in intimate movements such as blowing wind at and rubbing each others’ body parts as part of the exercise.
PROMOTER/OWNER
A woman member surnamed Cheng, who was assigned to lure people to register for the rather expensive training programs, has been detained by police, with the facility shut down.
Qin Mingyuan, the "master and mentor" who is believed to have established the facility, remains at large, police said
LOCATION
The centre was run under a mountain IN A DILAPIDATED or shabby HOUSE LOCATED DEEP INSIDE A MOUNTAIN in Guangdong province called the "KHAOS International Mind Pacifying Village" The roughly decorated structure only had several rooms furnished with cheap mattresses.
FEES
The media investigation showed the facility charged exorbitant rates for variously-themed “spiritual and body training” courses.
The reporter found that during some “advanced courses” which were even more costly, the students were even encouraged to have intercourse inside classrooms. The idea was to implant the belief of unrestricted sex practice in members’ minds to achieve so-called liberty, peace and harmony of body and spirit, according to the report.
COURSE DURATION
a 21-day course with accommodation was priced at 100,000 yuan (US$5,825) per person.
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS
The facility had attracted at least 100 members for its recent programs, most of them office workers or business professionals from across the country, including from Shanghai and Macau, police said.
POLICE REPORTS
Chinese officials have detained a woman for organising classes that allegedly involved lewd behaviour and the facility was shut down.
Police also discovered naked photos of the woman in various provocative poses, a report in the official media here said. The centre was unoccupied during the raid and the suspect, identified as Cheng, is currently under investigation
