Sexual Arousal During Meditation

It is not uncommon for people to experience sexual arousal during meditation. This is particularly obvious in the case of males, as shown here, because of the presence of an erection – but sexual arousal of similar intensity can occur in females, often accompanied by an extended series of multiple orgasms.

Although this connection between a spiritual practice like meditation and sexual arousal may seem surprising, it occurs because both phenomena involve the channeling of cosmic Kundalini energy. For more information, see the ebook Sex Meditation.

Tantric Sex and Tantric Buddhism

Modern Tantric teachers often downplay the role of Buddhism in Tantric sex, while teachers of Tantric Buddhism tend to downplay the role of sex in Buddhist practice. In fact the two – Tantric Sex and Tantric Buddhism – are inextricably linked, as John T. Houseman explains in his fascinating new book Great Bliss: Tantric Sex and the Path to Inner Awakening. This is the first complete modern instruction book on Tantric Buddhism, and the first on Buddhist sexual yoga.

The heart of the book is a first-ever translation from the Sanskrit of the Ninth Century master Shabara’s The Sadhana of Secret Vajravilasini, a masterpiece of the world’s spiritual-erotic literature, and an ideal text for sexual yoga practice. Great Bliss reveals thousand year-old secrets, and is a landmark contribution to the study and practice of Tantric sex in the West. The book includes hundreds of authentic practices, making it an almost inexhaustible resource for Tantra teachers and students.

John T. Houseman is a teacher of Tantric Buddhism in the tradition of the Indian siddhas. A student of many Tantric traditions for over thirty years, he trained as a lama under the guidance of the Tibetan master His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche, completing an intensive, solitary three-year retreat. John also trained with many Western Tantra teachers including Margot Anand. He received a Bachelor’s Degree with honors in Religion from Wesleyan University, where he studied Buddhism with Robert Thurman, and earned his master’s degree from Columbia University. For four years he served on the staff of Karma Triyana Dharmacakra monastery in Woodstock, New York, the North American headquarters of His Holiness the 17th Karmapa. His newly published book is the result of his twenty year search to find the original teachings of Tantric Buddhism.

Great Bliss: Tantric Sex and the Path to Inner Awakening can be downloaded free of charge from HolyBooks.com.

Tantric Services

Here are a few panels taken from the new Kindle comic-book Fifty Shades of Tantric Sex. It shows just two of the 50 characters featured in the book. What do they have in common? They’re all stereotypes of the different sorts of people who make their money by offering “Tantric” sexual services.

With its cartoony caricatures and photo-manipulations, the book’s witty tongue-in-cheek style will be familiar to readers of this blog. Fifty Shades of Tantric Sex is available for just $2.99 from the U.S. Kindle Store.