This volume presents selected papers presented at 6th International Csoma de Koros Symposium on 'Hermeneutics of Tantrik Literature and Culture' (13th - 15th March 2009) organized by the Department of Indo-Tibetan Studies and the Centre for Buddhist Studies, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, The Asiatic Society, Kolkata, and the Csoma de Koros Society, Hungary as well as additional articles to complement the topic.