The Passion Book: A Tibetan Guide to Love and Sex

by Gendün Chöphel

Book Overview

The PassionBook is the most famous work of erotica in the vast literature of Tibetan Buddhism, written by the legendary scholar and poet Gendun Chopel (1903-1951). Soon after arriving in India in 1934, he discovered the Kama Sutra. Realizing that this genre of the erotic was unknown in Tibet, he set out to correct the situation. His sources were two: classical Sanskrit works and his own experiences with his lovers. Completed in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022652017X
• ISBN13: 9780226520179
• Release Date: April 2018
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.4"