Sexuality in Classical South Asian Buddhism
- viii, 622 pages ; 24 cm.
- Studies in Indian and Tibetan Buddhism .
Includes bibliographical references (pages 541-574) and index.
The cosmology of sex -- Desire and human sexuality -- Monasticism: just saying no to sex -- Curbing lust through meditation -- The deconstruction of sexual desire: wisdom as antidote -- Sexed bodies, gender, and sexual desires -- The construction of sexual deviance -- Buddhist sexual ethics: the evolution of sexual misconduct.