His ideas are not his own but come from tantric texts on how to prepare a young woman to use them in a Tantric framework and in the rituals. He did not think outside of his own teachings. He is also …

@sile - what do you consider Trimondis' motivation may have been in submitting the inaccurate twist? Does it seem intentional from the overall translation of the work or could it have been their inte…

@Thao, as I have mentioned before, Gendün Chöpel's passage on not "forcibly doing it" is not about children, and not about forcing sex onto someone who doesn't want it. It is from the chap…

I still have no answer on what year the book tibetan art of love, that you have, was published?

here is one thing i found in the history of tantra book. trimondis give the page number as 125. their page number is different due to how the book was published. they stated that it was on page 125, …

What year was the Guden book published that you are reading from? There are books out there that prove just what Tibetan Buddhism is, and that go alone with the Trimondi's assessment. I would imagin…

by Jon Kabat-Zinn

With all due respect, the discussion here is about Gendün Chöpel, and specifically the Hopkins-edited book "Tibetan Arts of Love," which discusses Chopel's writings on sex advice for househ…

I ordered the book so will quote from it directly even though I can quote from it now. The fact is that it says "ritual" sex, not married. I can quote from another book, The Commentary of t…

Well, there are multiple passages which have been woven by the Trimondis into one (mis)reference. Generally they Frankenstein parts of passages on Chopel's page 177, and parts of passages on Chopel'…