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<p>Is there a Buddhist discourse on sex? In this innovative study, Bernard Faure reveals Buddhism's paradoxical attitudes toward sexuality. His remarkably broad range covers the entire geography of this religion, and its long evolution from the time of its founder, Xvkyamuni, to the premodern age. The author's anthropological approach uncovers the inherent discrepancies between the normative teachings of Buddhism and what its followers practice.</p> <p>Framing his discussion on some of the most prominent Western thinkers of sexuality—Georges Bataille and Michel Foucault—Faure draws from different reservoirs of writings, such as the orthodox and heterodox "doctrines" of Buddhism, and its monastic codes. Virtually untapped mythological as well as legal sources are also used. The dialectics inherent in Mahvyvna Buddhism, in particular in the Tantric and Chan/Zen traditions, seemed to allow for greater laxity and even encouraged breaking of taboos.</p> <p>Faure also offers a history of Buddhist monastic life, which has been buffeted by anticlerical attitudes, and by attempts to regulate sexual behavior from both within and beyond the monastery. In two chapters devoted to Buddhist homos

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Author

Bernard Faure

Publisher

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9781400822607

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Buddhism, Religion

Rating

3.79 / 5 (26 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14