SMF205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Left-Hand Path And Right-Hand Path, Loincloth, Intensify

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Sexuality, Marriage, and Family Studies
• Course: SMF205
• Professor: Chris Burris

Document Summary

Evenly split between class material and readings. Pay attention to summaries (main take away points) Something that is used to represent something else. If an object is being used in a playful way, it is being used symbolically. Something else is being used to represent something sexual. We start to get into some issues related to the ethic of divinity (things you just don"t do because you"re just not supposed to) Spiritual encounters deal with sex in different ways, some embrace it, some are against it! Sacred practice of spiritual traditions that are opposite to each other. Tantra vs. celibacy: tantra = branch of hindu spiritual practice. Through specific practices, sensual interaction with a partner can be a means of spiritual growth and attainment. There is a right and a left hand path in tantra. (sacred) art genitals of gods and humans. Artists have to decide how to portray genitals.