The Dharma of Sex

Initiation, Deification, and Passion in Medieval Japanese Buddhism
Book • 2020
This book project examines the 'consecration of acolytes' (chigo kanjō) and how male-male sexual acts were legitimized within Tendai doctrinal thought and monastic society.

It delves into the intersection of Buddhist worldview and sexuality in medieval Japan.

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