“famous ascetic Buddhist monks and nuns rarely write about all the rope play they engage in while they’re having kinky sex with each other”
No less an authority than His Holiness the Dalai Lama has confirmed that if you’re a monk, the vinaya prohibits you from tantric sex.
But ngakpas are not monks, and are not bound by the monastic code of the vinaya.
e.g. Drukpa Kunley, who returned his monastic vows, was fairly forthright on these matters.
Meanwhile, Ikkyū (1394-1481):
Stilted koans and convoluted answers are all monks have, Pandering endlessly to officials and rich patrons. Good friends of the Dharma, so proud, let me tell you, A brothel girl in gold brocade is worth more than any of you[1]
Stilted koans and convoluted answers are all monks have,
Pandering endlessly to officials and rich patrons.
Good friends of the Dharma, so proud, let me tell you,
A brothel girl in gold brocade is worth more than any of you[1]
Wild Ways: Zen Poems of Ikkyū, translated by John Stevens, pages 75-76, White Pine Press, 2003, via Wikipedia.
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“famous ascetic Buddhist monks and nuns rarely write about all the rope play they engage in while they’re having kinky sex with each other”
No less an authority than His Holiness the Dalai Lama has confirmed that if you’re a monk, the vinaya prohibits you from tantric sex.
But ngakpas are not monks, and are not bound by the monastic code of the vinaya.
e.g. Drukpa Kunley, who returned his monastic vows, was fairly forthright on these matters.
Meanwhile, Ikkyū (1394-1481):
Wild Ways: Zen Poems of Ikkyū, translated by John Stevens, pages 75-76, White Pine Press, 2003, via Wikipedia.