Buddhism in Five Minutes - Elizabeth J. Harris

Buddhism in Five Minutes - Elizabeth J. Harris

47. Is Tantric Buddhism Just about Sex?

Buddhism in Five Minutes - Elizabeth J. Harris

Nick Swann [+-]
University of South Wales
Nick Swann is a Senior Lecturer in Buddhist Studies at University of South Wales, UK. His research interests include Buddhist Ethics, Buddhist Tantra, and Anthropology and Religion.

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The short answer is “no.” Tantric sex—or more correctly “sexual yoga”—is a real phenomenon but that does not mean that it is practiced extensively, or by all tantric practitioners, or in a literal sense (in contrast to a visualized, imagined, sense in a meditational context), or all of the time.

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Swann, Nick. 47. Is Tantric Buddhism Just about Sex?. Buddhism in Five Minutes. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 228-231 Oct 2021. ISBN 9781800500907. https://www.equinoxpub.com/home/view-chapter/?id=40786. Date accessed: 09 Dec 2024 doi: 10.1558/equinox.40786. Oct 2021

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