July 2nd, 2009
Tantric Sex
Tantrayana… Vajrayana…
And all we ever notice is the sex! (Just look at how our Christian conditioning has warped our minds…)
What’s so special about tantric sex?
Nothing much.
It’s just that it becomes a sacred/holy activity. A prayer. A rite/ritual (not in its pejorative sense).
So, it’s pretty much how all sexual encounters should be. What’s the diff then?
It’s all in our minds.
Vajrayana/Tantrayana Buddhism is said to be the quickest path to Nirvana because it transforms (transfigures!) every activity into a sacred/holy path. Everything is holy! Everything is divine! Pan-theism!
If everything is holy, then even fucking is holy! Heck, even shitting is holy!
The Theravadin (sometimes pejoratively called “hinayana”) tradition of Buddhism presents a much more stern/disciplined, almost ascetic/atheistic/scientific face of Buddhism.
At least, that’s how it looks to me.
best regards,
ian