Sex and Gender Fluidity in Tibetan Buddhism
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.
Sex
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
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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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