Sex, Sin & Zen with Brad Warner

With his one of a kind blend of autobiography, pop culture, and plainspoken Buddhist philosophy, Zen priest and bestselling author Brad Warner explores an A-to-Z of sexual topics in Sex, Sin, and Zen: A Buddhist Teacher Explores Sex. From masturbation to abortion, gender identity to pornography, polyamory to prostitution, Warner explores it all.

While no puritan when it comes to sexuality, Warner offers a conscious approach to sexual ethics and intimacy. Since Buddhism is no longer the province of sequestered seekers, this is real-world wisdom for our times. "This book represents my best efforts a giving a personal Buddhism-informed view on the subject of sexuality," he writes. "It's a view informed by more than twenty-five years of serious Zen practice, as well as about the same number of years of sexual experience."

Using this own heartbreak as a staring point, Warner not only examines sexuality from a Buddhist perspective, he also looks at Buddhist topics, such emptiness, loving kindness, and karma, from a sexual viewpoint. "I've misused sexuality in my own life, and I've seen the consequences," writes Warner. "My experience with sex is that if you treat everyone involved with complete honesty and absolute respect, almost anything is possible. So have fun and don't hurt anybody, including yourself."