
Sex

A Tibetan scholar's dream uniquely presents sex changes without judgement—neither as as biological fact nor pedagogical tool, but as an expression of intimacy with another person.

Teachings What the Buddha Taught
Does Dispassion Belong in the Bedroom?
The Buddha’s teachings in the Pali Canon were far from sex-positive

Sex, Love, and Buddhism
A Valentine's Day Interview with Allan Badiner

Rules for Pregnant Nuns & Married Monks
An interview with Buddhist Studies scholar Shayne Clarke

Personal Reflections Mindfulness
Personal Heaven, Personal Hell
Sex and the five precepts

Personal ReflectionsMagazine | Feature
The Joy of No Sex
A lay practitioner reveals one of the most liberating decisions of her life: celibacy.

Sex in the Sangha . . . Again
Four teachers discuss the systemic issues that have led to sexual abuse in Buddhist communities

Buddha Buzz: Sex Tape and the Sangha
In Lowell, Massachusetts, a sex-tape scandal involves neither unscrupulous celebrities nor hapless victims of disgruntled exes, but a Buddhist temple, a monk, and a community organizer with some shady finances. The city’s Cambodian community has been…

Can Work, Sex, and Money be part of Spiritual Practice?
The opening paragraphs of Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche’s Work, Sex, Money: Real Life on the Path of Mindfulness, The discussion of work, sex, and money is quite a big undertaking. Usually people see these subjects as…

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