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Paperback The Red Thread: Buddhist Approaches to Sexuality Book

ISBN: 0691059977

ISBN13: 9780691059976

The Red Thread: Buddhist Approaches to Sexuality

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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.

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