Love and Sex in Buddhism

1 Course Unit

From monastic celibacy to sanctified sex, this course examines the wide variety of attitudes and practices towards love, desire, attachment, and pleasure in the Buddhist tradition. Readings include primary sources from South, Southeast, and East Asia, secondary scholarship on Buddhist social history and doctrine, and theoretical literature on gender, sex, and the body. Spring, even numbered years only Mutually Exclusive: RELS 3333 1 Course Unit