Kama Sutra

The Kama Sutra is one of the most popular ancient Indian texts today, known widely for its erotic content and plethora of sexual positions. Contrary to western popular perception, the Kama Sutra is not exclusively a sex manual; it presents itself as a guide to a virtuous and gracious living that discusses the nature of love, family, life, and other aspects pertaining to pleasure-oriented faculties of human life. The Kama Sutra, an ancient Indian text compiled by Vatsyayana, is a guide to all aspects of pleasure in the human life, and empowers women while showing the socio-political situation of India during the time. The historical setting the Kama Sutra was written in plays a large factor in the content and methods the text uses. The Kama…

Gupta Empire, the Late Han Dynasty and the Muslim States, all faced the colonization of new lands while maintaining one cultural community. The expanding domination and the formation of tribute system of all three societies through force led to the need for male soldiers and as a byproduct the increasing “authority of senior males and arranged marriages” (Mckay,et.182,237,342). Through an exploration of Vatsyayana's Kama Sutra during the Gupta empire, as well as Pan Chao’s Lessons for a Woman…

These short stories, The Symposium by Plato and The Kama Sutra illustrate that individuals want what they are unable to have to stratify their cravings. Exactly like Socrates stated in The Symposium, ‘’…probable but absolutely certain that one desires what one lacks, or rather that one does not desire what one does not lack…’’ (Plato 76). This quotation is stating that an individual who owns something that another desire can attract the person that desire what they possess. The purpose of…

Arthur C. Clarke couldn’t have chosen a better title for this brilliant science fiction short story. I’m a sucker for a story with a good title. “The Nine Billion Names of God" revolves around Tibetan Buddhist monks who plan to put together a list that consists of all the names of God. The story opens with Dr. Wagner-- he is asked to work on an automatic sequence computer (Mark V.) that can carry out letters by the lama. They need a computer with letters, so they can write the names of God.…

Karma yoga which deals with self-sacrificing action or selflessness. To practice Karma yoga you must perform good deeds. Last is Raja yoga or royal yoga whish which is practiced by meditation, an introspective search for truth. The goal is to let your mind settle like muddy water in a glass. Hinduism has many different sacred or important texts in two categories. Sruti is revealed by gods, or the words of the gods. Smrti is based on tradition and written by man. Some of the most popular texts…

lets it slide over his tongue, stretching out the S’s and M’s. I turn to him with every intention to go in for a kiss, and let my actions do the talking, because I know what he wants. What he expects. He wants one night with no strings attached. I’m ready to deliver. I just have no idea what to expect. It would be my first time. My first time! Damn, I just want it over. I want it to be my second time. The mystery would be gone. The pressure of picking the right guy to pop my cherry would pass. I…

when the protagonist becomes conscious to this wisdom, he becomes extremely happy. Geriatric problems, in old age, are not without their humour and joy. One has to take lots of pills to live longer and keep oneself in good health, but “The gas must not give in getting exhausted / with no gas stations nearby”— farting, a perpetual problem with the elderly people brings in universal truth amalgamated with humour. However, the protagonist feels consoled finding his medicines “near the table and…

others regardless of their sexual preference. Gone were the days of sexual repression and shame. The song “Sodomy” has explicitly sexual lyrics describing different sexual acts, sung in a slow melody, almost like a throwback to a romance song of the 50s. Just the fact that the song talked about sex is a testament to the tribe’s view of sex as no longer seen taboo but a form of self acceptance and self exploration: “Masturbation / Can be fun /Join the holy orgy / Kama Sutra / Everyone!” (CITE).…

people who identify differently. They dress femininely, act as women and identify as “companions of Radha”. They identify with womanhood and femininity, inferring from the narratives giving, only have other Sakhis or women as companions (besides Krishna as the only man, even if symbolically). Even Penrose writes about the “third gender” in Sanskrit religious and medical texts, which reifies the acknowledgement of “alternate genders”. “Richard Burton employed the term “eunuchs” when translating…

(Plutarch 's, Dialogue on Love146). The Ancient Romans had similar views as the Greeks but was condemned under the empire, where male prostitution is illegal. Buddhism considers homosexuality as unnatural. They see homosexuality as “sexual misconduct” under the Third Precept. Where is states "Where there is mutual consent, where adultery is not involved and where the sexual act is an expression of love, respect, loyalty and warmth, it would not be breaking the third Precept." (Buddha). Hinduism…