LEADER 04099nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910780051403321 005 20230405182242.0 010 $a1-282-75345-2 010 $a9786612753459 010 $a1-4008-2260-2 010 $a1-4008-1155-4 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400822607 035 $a(CKB)111056486505746 035 $a(EBL)581588 035 $a(OCoLC)700688561 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000234271 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11216468 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000234271 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10240937 035 $a(PQKB)10691295 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC581588 035 $a(OCoLC)51453394 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse36041 035 $a(DE-B1597)446170 035 $a(OCoLC)979757060 035 $a(OCoLC)984688498 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400822607 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL581588 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10035779 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL275345 035 $a(PPN)187293805 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056486505746 100 $a19980313d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe red thread $eBuddhist approaches to sexuality /$fBernard Faure 205 $aCourse Book 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$d1998 215 $a1 online resource (vi, 338 pages) 225 0 $aBuddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series ;$v1 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-691-05997-7 311 0 $a0-691-05998-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [293]-331) and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIntroduction --$tChapter 1. The Hermeneutics of Desire --$tChapter 2. Disciplining Sex, Sexualizing Discipline --$tChapter 3. The Ideology of Transgression --$tChapter 4. Clerical Vices and Vicissitudes --$tChapter 5. Buddhist Homosexualities --$tChapter 6. Boys to Men --$tAfterthoughts --$tGlossary --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aIs there a Buddhist discourse on sex? In this innovative study, Bernard Faure reveals Buddhism's paradoxical attitudes toward sexuality. His remarkably broad range covers the entire geography of this religion, and its long evolution from the time of its founder, Xvkyamuni, to the premodern age. The author's anthropological approach uncovers the inherent discrepancies between the normative teachings of Buddhism and what its followers practice. Framing his discussion on some of the most prominent Western thinkers of sexuality--Georges Bataille and Michel Foucault--Faure draws from different reservoirs of writings, such as the orthodox and heterodox "doctrines" of Buddhism, and its monastic codes. Virtually untapped mythological as well as legal sources are also used. The dialectics inherent in Mahvyvna Buddhism, in particular in the Tantric and Chan/Zen traditions, seemed to allow for greater laxity and even encouraged breaking of taboos. Faure also offers a history of Buddhist monastic life, which has been buffeted by anticlerical attitudes, and by attempts to regulate sexual behavior from both within and beyond the monastery. In two chapters devoted to Buddhist homosexuality, he examines the way in which this sexual behavior was simultaneously condemned and idealized in medieval Japan. This book will appeal especially to those interested in the cultural history of Buddhism and in premodern Japanese culture. But the story of how one of the world's oldest religions has faced one of life's greatest problems makes fascinating reading for all. 410 0$aBuddhisms: A Princeton University Press Series 606 $aSex$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism 606 $aBuddhism$xSocial aspects 615 0$aSex$xReligious aspects$xBuddhism. 615 0$aBuddhism$xSocial aspects. 676 $a294.3/37857 700 $aFaure$b Bernard$083179 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910780051403321 996 $aThe red thread$93674475 997 $aUNINA