The Passion Book
A Tibetan Guide to Love and Sex
- Contents
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A Treatise on Passion
Chapter One: The Sexual Practices of Women of Various Lands
Chapter Two: Types of Embrace
Chapter Three: Acts of Kissing
Chapter Four: Types of Bites [and Scratches]
Chapter Five: Describing the Modes of Pleasure
Chapter Six: Playing with the Organ
Chapter Seven: Mounting and Thrusting
Chapter Eight: Moans
Chapter Nine: Acts of a Man [Done by a Woman]
Chapter Ten: Various Methods of Copulation
Chapter Eleven: Uncertain Deeds
Chapter Twelve: Various Helpful Methods
Afterword: Background to A Treatise on Passion
The Life of Gendun Chopel
Buddhist Sexuality
An Overview of the Text
A Treatise on Passion as a Work of Poetry
About the Translation
Notes for “Background to A Treatise on Passion”
"This excellent translation. . .admirably conveys the joy and beauty of the poetry as well as the underlying seriousness of Gendun Chopel’s work. . . . It is good to have this wonderful rendition of a modern Tibetan erotic classic in English; it broadens readers’ outlooks on the subject, and takes them beyond the concept, say, of what many people know about “Tantric sex” or the Kama Sutra. It’s to be hoped that this accessible version of Gendun Chopel’s book piques the curiosity of readers to look further into the life and work of this fascinating man."
Asian Studies: General Asian Studies
History: Asian History
Religion: South and East Asian Religions
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