- Title Pages
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Towards a World of Freedom*
- 2 The Right Perception of Self-interest*
- 3 State Must Free the Mind from Fear*
- 4 Fear as the Basis of Social Order*
- 5 Dharma and Jainism
- 6 Human Freedom and Rights
- 7 Truth in Jainism
- 8 The Dharmic Law
- 9 The Dharmic State
- 10 The Caring State
- 11 The Caring State
- 12 Government Governs in Place of Law*
- 13 Unity of Life
- 14 Dharma and Islam—I
- 15 Dharma and Islam—II
- 16 The Supreme Court—I
- 17 The Supreme Court—II
- 18 To Have or To Be—I
- 19 To Have or To Be—II
- 20 Unity of Life
- 21 Personal and Social Health
- 22 The Paradox of Sex—I
- 23 The Paradox of Sex—II
- 24 The Human Condition
- 25 Learning to Live
- 26 The Roots of Violence—I
- 27 The Roots of Violence—II
- 28 The Love of Violence—I
- 29 The Love of Violence—II
- 30 The Power of Mind—I
- 31 The Power of Mind—II
- 32 Power of Perception
- 33 The Karma Conundrum
- 34 Jainism and Relativity
- 35 Beyond Either/Or
- About the Editor
The Paradox of Sex—I
The Paradox of Sex—I
Foundations of Sexual Happiness*
- Chapter:
- (p.97) 22 The Paradox of Sex—I
- Source:
- Chaturvedi Badrinath
- Author(s):
Tulsi Badrinath
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
Badrinath says in this essay that it is in the Dharmic views of human life that one has, for the first time in human history, a profound understanding of sexual happiness which has at the very heart of it an equally profound paradox. The factors which help man and woman create sexual pleasure and happiness are all non-sexual in nature: that is the paradox of sex. The paradoxical foundations of sexual pleasure are already mentioned in the Chhandogya Upanishad and the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad. Physical pleasure of sex is dependent upon the feeling that the human bodies of man and woman, with all its innate attributes, physical and psychological, is sacred. Badrinath states that the clearer the awareness of the sacredness of the physical, the more heightened will be the sexual pleasure.
Keywords: Sexual behaviour, human sexuality, Brihadaranyaka Upanishad, Kinsey Report, self-control
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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Towards a World of Freedom*
- 2 The Right Perception of Self-interest*
- 3 State Must Free the Mind from Fear*
- 4 Fear as the Basis of Social Order*
- 5 Dharma and Jainism
- 6 Human Freedom and Rights
- 7 Truth in Jainism
- 8 The Dharmic Law
- 9 The Dharmic State
- 10 The Caring State
- 11 The Caring State
- 12 Government Governs in Place of Law*
- 13 Unity of Life
- 14 Dharma and Islam—I
- 15 Dharma and Islam—II
- 16 The Supreme Court—I
- 17 The Supreme Court—II
- 18 To Have or To Be—I
- 19 To Have or To Be—II
- 20 Unity of Life
- 21 Personal and Social Health
- 22 The Paradox of Sex—I
- 23 The Paradox of Sex—II
- 24 The Human Condition
- 25 Learning to Live
- 26 The Roots of Violence—I
- 27 The Roots of Violence—II
- 28 The Love of Violence—I
- 29 The Love of Violence—II
- 30 The Power of Mind—I
- 31 The Power of Mind—II
- 32 Power of Perception
- 33 The Karma Conundrum
- 34 Jainism and Relativity
- 35 Beyond Either/Or
- About the Editor
