Zen scholar, Aikido master, and author of many books on Eastern philosophy, John Stevens came up with his own Aikido system which he teaches all over the world.
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Lust for Enlightenment (1990)
“Oblivious to the incongruities involved, temple artists used couples tenderly making love as decorative illustrations for stern sutras preaching total abstinence from sex.”
from Lust for Enlightenment (1990)
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“Buddhism was one of Japan's earliest and most important imports [but] there was one aspect of that doctrine that the Japanese could not embrace: celibacy... In Japan, celibacy never had a chance... Phallicism has always been the norm in Japanese religion.”
from Lust for Enlightenment (1990)
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“An interesting feature of Buddhism is that courtesans are recorded as faithfully observing all the precepts – evidently because their occupation was an accepted one, their professional behavior was not classified as sexual misconduct.”
from Lust for Enlightenment (1990)
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“Unlike other world religions that possess elaborate theologies of marriage, Buddhism has very little to say about the subject, considering marriage (and divorce) a matter of secular concern... [in] Tibet, the mere presence of a Buddhist priest at a wedding ceremony is thought to bring bad luck.”
from Lust for Enlightenment (1990)
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