Sex, Sin, and Zen
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Average rating2.7
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Ratings3
Average rating2.7
With his one-of-a kind blend of autobiography, pop culture, and plainspoken Buddhism, Brad Warner explores an A-to-Z of sexual topics — from masturbation to dating, gender identity to pornography. In addition to approaching sexuality from a Buddhist perspective, he looks at Buddhism — emptiness, compassion, karma — from a sexual vantage. Throughout, he stares down the tough questions: Can prostitution be a right livelihood? Can a good spiritual master also be really, really bad? And ultimately, what's love got to do with any of it? While no puritan when it comes to non-vanilla sexuality, Warner offers a conscious approach to sexual ethics and intimacy — real-world wisdom for our times.
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This was interesting. It was interesting to see the third precept (“refrain from sexual misconduct”) interpreted in a way that is both sex-positive and acknowledges the actual way in which sex and sexuality are understood in the modern world.
The main drawback is that I don't know if there's really a full book's worth of material here. Warner has a gregarious, irreverent style that's always fun to read, but at times it gets repetitive as he relates everything back to that central interpretation of the third precept.
