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Deviant Sex and Budd...
Deviant Sex and Buddhism
by: Wadinagala Pannaloka₹1,080.00
ISBN: 9788124610039
Year Of Publication: 2020
Edition: 1st Edition
Pages : xvi, 321
Bibliographic Details : Bibliography; Index
Language : English
Binding : Hardcover
Publisher: D.K. Printworld Pvt. Ltd.
Size: 23
Weight: 650
Deviant Sex and Buddhism discusses deviant sexual practices recorded in Pali Sutta and Vinaya texts categorizing into normal, pathological and sociological. In Buddhist spirituality and philosophy, like in other religions, sex within the institution of marriage is admissible, while all other forms of sexual practices are immoral and denounced. A sexual act violating the norms of chastity and celibacy within the Buddhist community comes to be identified as a deviant sexual act.
At the backdrop this positioning, this volume engages one in a deep study of what were sensuality and sexuality in early Buddhism, Buddhist attitude to human body, and the definition of celibacy, chastity and normal deviant sexual behaviour along with the nuances of the other two forms of deviant sexual behaviour, i.e. pathological and sociological. Going by the Buddhist philosophy, any deviant sexual behaviour is connected with the issue of human suffering. Twofold sexual conformity – complete sexual abstinence and sex only with one’s own spouse – is emphasized while decrying all non-conforming sexual practices and deciding on a range for sexual acts including homosexual relationship.
This scholarly work should invigorate the interests of many researchers and academicians to take up further studies and researches on the topic, which has not yet been exposed to the literary world at length.
Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
- Introduction
Introduction to Deviant Sexual Behaviour
Sensuality and Sexuality in Buddhism
Defining Deviant Sexual Behaviour
Previous Studies
Vinaya Pitaka
Value of Vinaya Pitaka for the Study
- Sensuality and Sexuality in Early Buddhism
Introduction
Sensory Perception and Sensuality
Philosophical Aspect of Sensuality
Psychological Aspect of Sensual Attachment
Buddhist Cosmology and Sense Desire
Positive Aspects of Sensuality
Problematic Nature of Sensuality
Sex and Psychological Obsession
- Buddhist Attitude to Human Body
Introduction
The Constitution of the Human Body
The Body as a Meditation Object
Negativism on the Human Body
Reasons for Negativism
- Celibacy, Chastity and Normal Deviant Sexual Behaviour
Introduction
Celibacy
Chastity
Marriage
Adultery
Monogamy and Polygamy
Premarital Sex
Masturbation
- Pathological Deviant Sexual Behaviour
Introduction
Rape
Incest
Exhibitionism
Voyeurism
Paedophilia
- Sociological Deviant Sexual Behaviour
Introduction
Prostitution
Homosexuality
Pornography
Conclusion
Bibliography
Word Index
Index of Pali Suttas
“Deviant Sex and Buddhism”
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