Table of Contents
Foreword vii
Preface ix
Introduction: The Buddha Ruined Love Songs 1
Part I Why Buddha's Bedroom?
1 Sex, Love, and Meditation 16
2 Buddha's Cure for Lovesickness 28
3 How to Bring Buddha into the Bedroom 40
Part II Thrill: The Mindful Loving Path
4 Loving View: Don't Change Your Mate, Change Your Mind 54
5 Loving Intention: Falling in Love Is Easy, But Staying in Love Takes Mindfulness 68
Part III Intimacy: The Mindful Loving Path
6 Loving Action: Demons and Antidotes-Think Before You Act 84
7 Loving Speech: What Would Buddha Say? 102
8 Loving Livelihood: Make Your Love Life a Hobby 119
Part IV Sensuality: The Mindful Loving Path
9 Loving Mindfulness: Slowing Your Mind Is Great Foreplay 136
10 Loving Effort: Seven Steps to Enlightened Sex 152
11 Loving Concentration: Tantric Meditation and Orgasmic Bliss 170
Conclusion: Rewrite Your Love Story, Mindfully 187
Acknowledgments 194
References 196