By Rami Sastri,

In every game there are rules to follow and love making in Ancient Hindu cultures had a set of rules all its own. Vatsyayana’s Kama Sutra illuminates these special provisions for us so that we might gain a deeper understanding of the principles and ideas that governed the culture of his time. Ancient Indian culture divided people into a caste system with several thousand divisions but four main groupings.. These individual castes had their own ranks and peculiarities.

It is commonly believed that caste’s were decided by a persons birth because it was believed that Karma, or what you did in life, affected the cycle of reincarnation and rebirth but it has been show that the caste system was non-hereditary in its original form. While you could interact with people of a different caste, there were special rules of conduct and the practice was generally frowned upon.

To understand how the caste system affected lovers in the ancient Hindu culture of Vatsyayana’s time, let us examine the words of the Kama Sutra itself: “When Kama is practiced by men of the four castes according to the rules of the Holy Writ with virgins of their own caste, it then becomes a means of acquiring lawful progeny and good fame, and it is not also opposed to the customs of the world.

On the contrary the practice of Kama with women of the higher castes, and with those previously enjoyed by others, even though they be of the same caste, is prohibited. But the practice of Kama with women of the lower castes, with women excommunicated from their own caste, with public women, and with women twice married, is neither enjoined nor prohibited. The object of practicing Kama with such women is pleasure only.”

How Did The Caste System Work?

According to other ancient manuscripts of the time, these castes were divided into four main parts called Varnas. The Varna designations were the Brahmins (teachers, scholars and priests), the Kshatriyas (kings and warriors), the Vaishyas (traders), and Shudras (agriculturists, service providers, and some artisan groups). There was also a fifth classification deemed to be outside the caste system called the Parjanya, Antyaja or Dalits.

These were considered the “Untouchables” as they were considered as being beneath society and this was usually reserved for those with communicable diseases or held occupations that carried communal health risks or severe uncleanness. This grouping would not have even figured into the Kama Sutra because the very presence of such an individual was considered to defile a person of a higher caste. The defiled individual was then required to bathe thoroughly and purge themselves of any impurities.

When applied to the Kama Sutra, the caste system was shown as a way of determining who safe options were for partners. It provided a measure of safety from various communicable diseases between castes as people were less likely to engage in relations with a person who was below them in the caste system.

For those seeking a lifetime partner through marriages, it also provided a way of reducing contention amongst the spouses by ensuring that both families were of the same background and thus had common ground. This also served to keep lower classes from becoming wealthy by profiting from marriages to higher classes as this was most generally avoided.

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One of the practices often associated with Tantra is Polyamory or Responsible Non-Monogamy.  People who are drawn to the sacred sexuality practices of Tantra also participate in some form of non-monogamous lifestyle like Polyamory.  If you have read my posts on Sacred Group Sex or Sacred Bisexuality you would be well aware that non-monogamous sexual practices have been part of Tantra for centuries.  While I am not going to expound on the intricacies of non-monogamous Tantric sex here (I’ll save that for another day) I will share with you the events that led me to the realization that I was non-monogamous.

Like most everyone else I was raised with the idea that the only type of sexual relationship permissible is a heterosexual monogamous one.  Oh there were those Gays and Lesbians, but we were told they were a bunch of freaks and gay sex was completely unnatural.  Monogamy was supposed to be the only way to go.  After all when I looked around everyone I saw was in a heterosexual monogamous relationship.  Hey it was the 1980’s and I was living in the boonies!  Despite all this monogamy talk I still hoped to sow my oats before I had to devote myself to an eternity of monogamy.

When I cast my mind back to my early days most of my sexual fantasies revolved around one on one encounters with women.  There were of course lots of Female-Male-Female (FMF) or FFMF fantasies about but those usually revolved around lots of wild partying and alcohol….pretty spontaneous stuff.  I just could not conceive how an encounter like that could be organized or set up.  And even if I really wanted to do something like this I had no idea how I could suggest it to my partner.

What I want to talk about here is a relationship I had in the mid 1990s that gave me some great insights into myself and non-monogamy.  Back in 1994-95 I was in a relationship with Stephanie (not her real name).  Stephanie is a very sensual, passionate and sexual woman. Stephanie had a Maltese background giving her a very sultry and sexy appearance.  She was definitely exotic with lots of sex appeal.  On top of that she was very smart and knew how to get her way with the guys.  Stephanie always kept lots of male friends around; she just plain enjoyed their company.  Stephanie was an expert at creating chemistry and generating polarity in a relationship.  There was never a dull moment; she knew how to keep you engaged with lots of passion and drama.  Like I said, Stephanie had lots of sex appeal and she knew how to use it.  It is no wonder she always had a herd of guys beating a path to her doorway.

Considering all the competition I faced I managed to more or less have an exclusive relationship (I’ll explain in a moment) with this sex fiend for just over a year.  Looking back I think that must have been some kind of record for her at the time.  As I already mentioned, Stephanie had lots of male friends.  She was always open about what was going on and she would readily share with me stories about the many propositions she would get from them.   Sometimes she would worry that I might get jealous or feel insecure from all the attention she got.   This did not concern me much as I never felt jealous or insecure about it. In fact I loved it! I was thrilled to be going out with a very hot and exotic woman who was obviously in such high demand.  Some men might feel very threatened by her flirting antics.  Not me, I saw this as a big plus.

At this point in my life I was the recipient rather than the initiator of anything that I would consider sexually edgy.  Stephanie was exposing me to a whole new world of intense sexuality and I was taking it all in as fast I could.  Stephanie always had interesting surprises for me.  There were two or three occasions where Stephanie would describe to me conversations she had with male friends who had either talked about or suggested participating in group sex.  What a marvelous idea I thought!  Where do I sign up?

Unfortunately, I had no idea how to discuss such things in any meaningful way.  At the time I thought she was just making interesting conversation….she was always very open.  It is possible that she might have been inserting the topic into the conversation to see how I would react.  But at the time I did not believe this to be case.      Of course the obvious thing I should have done is  ask her if she was interested in group sex.  But that idea just never occurred to me……ahh the joys of being young and clueless!

Stephanie’s was also known for her impulsiveness which sometimes created problems in our relationship.  Let me elaborate.   Stephanie was close to one male friend in particular who also happened to be an old boyfriend.  I can’t remember what his name was so I’ll call him Bob.  She would see Bob quite regularly for lunches and coffee.   Stephanie was always open to me about these meetings.  But after one meeting she told me that she had to share something that was tearing her up inside.  Stephanie then confessed to me that she had sex with Bob and described the encounter as a purely impulsive act.  She had impulse to jump his bone and acted on it.  Knowing her well enough at that time I believed her!

So how did I react?  I was dumbfounded; I did not know what to say.  My cultural programming told me that cheating is bad, monogamy is good and I should be very upset and mad at her.  But deep down I was actually turned on by the whole thing.  I really liked the idea that she fucked her friend’s brains out.  At that time I had no clue what Swinging, Polyamory or other alternative relationships were.  I did not know that people could have open relationships.  Given the only model I had to go by was monogamy I really did not know how to talk about what I was feeling or possibly changing the nature of our relationship

Since I did not know how to talk about these things I resorted to the old reliable (good ole monogamy) and feigned being upset instead.  Just brilliant…Not!  I told her I was disappointed and I was really upset with her…yada yada yada.  But of course my true feelings did not match my words.  I am sure she sensed that as we ended up having some pretty amazing makeup sex shortly afterwards!

This incident made me realize that I did not believe in a monogamous relationship and I was open to the idea of some kind of non-monogamous relationship (whatever that may be).  Unfortunately, I did not know how to verbalize these new insights to other.  Are you beginning to see a theme here?  I just did not have the language developed to be able to talk about things.  And to a certain degree neither did Stephanie as neither of us discussed the incident again.

Eventually we both moved on with our lives in separate directions but the lessons I learned were never forgotten.  Deep down I knew my truth.  Now I had to own that truth and confidentially communicate it to others.  That is a very scary thing to do considering most women profess monogamy to be the be all and end all of relationships.  One of the main challenges I would face in relationships for the next 10 years is figuring out how to effectively communicate that truth.  I did eventually succeed but my success was not without its challenges.  I made lots of mistakes along the way and created moments of considerable turmoil in my relationships.  But the end result is definitely worth it. I now have an amazing open relationship with my gorgeous wife Rhianna.

Do you own your truth?

My first experience with what can be described as Tantric sexual practices came during my teenage years back in the late 1980s.  These sexual practices helped me to achieve levels of sexual bliss and ecstasy beyond anything that I could have ever imagined.  However, what I learned initially did not come about as a result of intensive study of Tantric practices, but rather from some lucid self introspection and a few good insights.  Let me elaborate:

During the teenage years I was going through the angst of adolescence trying to find my own identity…..like everyone else does.  I had doubts about my sexual abilities.  This feeling was made worse by the fact that I was still a virgin all through High School.  Hey, I was shy, kind of geeky and introverted; not a very useful combination for getting laid!

Given my predicament, one of the challenges I faced was how to deal with the male macho bravado of my male peers.  All the guys talked the big game about their sexual exploits. Sound familiar? I was never sure if they are telling the truth or they were just giving everyone a line of BS.  Of course after High School I realized most of what was said was pure BS….but this insight did help me when I really needed it.

One thing I found particularly discomforting were the tales of guys who were quick to reload.  You know how the story goes; guy fucks woman, he cums, two minutes later he is ready for action again.  This cycle supposedly repeated itself many times. I was astonished by such ability.  How was it possible?  I could not even come close to doing this.  My reality was (and for the most part still is) that when I ejaculate just once, I am done!  It is over for me and I might as well go to sleep because it will be at best an hour and more like several hours before I can get it up again.  I felt quite inadequate when I compared myself to guys who had several rounds of ammunition.  On top of that there are all those jokes going around about men who last only 2 minutes during intercourse and then promptly fall asleep afterwards.

So what is one to do when you only get one shot?  I certainly did not want to be a one shot wonder whose moment of glory can be counted in seconds.  I considered my dilemma; there must be some way for me to do better?  Then I had one of my rare moments of adolescent clarity.  I figured if I only got one shot I better make it last!  In other words; instead of lasting 2 minutes during intercourse wouldn’t it be better to last half an hour?

So how did I come up with this idea?  While I was in High School I competed in all kinds of endurance sports like cross country running, track & field and Nordic skiing.  These sports require lots of endurance.  So I figured if I can train myself to run for long distances there must be someway to train myself to ‘last’ longer during sex.  After all, if I had the endurance to run a 10km race I should be able to figure out how to get some more sexual endurance.

Like any teenager I enjoyed masturbation. But over time I developed some bad habits.  I would often try to get to the end result (The Orgasm) the quickest way possible.  Three to five minutes sometimes.  It is well understood that this method of jerking-off can often create premature ejaculation problems in men.

So how did I develop better masturbation techniques?  Since I had no books or internet to refer to I had to figure things out on my own through trial and error.   Fortunately, I was able to use my sporting activities as another source of inspiration to help me to focus my efforts.

In endurance sports it is well known fact that if you push the pace too much you run the risk of getting tired too quickly and thus performing poorly.  The trick is to set a strong pace (your edge between comfort and over exertion) that you can maintain for the entire distance.  With practice you learn where your edge is and with some good consistent training you can push your edge to a higher level.  It is this logic that I applied to my masturbation technique.

I now concentrated on slowing down while I masturbated.  I slowed down my hand movements and took my time.   Over time I was able to figure out where my edge was between a highly aroused state and the point of no return (ejaculation).  As I would later realize this is the key to ejaculatory control.  Slowing down and paying attention to my body really helped me to understand how my ejaculatory reflexes worked.  Paying attention to my body came easier to me since I had grown accustomed to the practice through all my sporting activities.

Once I got a keen sense of where my edge was I practiced approaching my edge and just staying there.  I practiced on how long I could stay at my edge before ejaculating.  Within half a year I was able to masturbate and stay near my edge for 20, 30 and even 60 minutes without ejaculating.

I am going to digress for a moment to quickly discuss the physiology of my exercises.  To be able to discern where your edge is a man needs to strengthen his Pubococcygeus (PC) muscle.  The PC muscle is the hammock-like muscle that stretches from the pubic bone to the tail bone. The PC muscle controls urine flow and contracts during orgasm.  A strong PC muscle is indispensable for excellent ejaculatory control.

Unbeknownst to me at the time when I was starting my ejaculatory control practices I was also strengthening my PC muscle by leaps and bounds. By taking my time with my practices I was also exercising and strengthening my PC muscle (I frequently flexed my PC muscle during masturbation).  As I strengthened my PC muscle it allowed me to gain a greater awareness of where my edge was.  Once I got a good feeling where my edge was it gave me the ability to control my ejaculatory impulses with ease.

There are some misconceptions about how to use your PC muscle.  Some men think that if they flex their PC muscle real hard (at the point the feel themselves about to ejaculate) they can stop themselves from ejaculating. This does not work because they have already crossed the point of no return and they are already ejaculating..…Doh!    On top of that they will suppress the intensity of their orgasm and waste a perfectly good orgasm.  Once you cross that point of no return there is nothing that can be done to stop ejaculating……that is why it is called the point of no return!

Once I learned how to improve my ejaculatory control my confidence around sex improved dramatically.  Even though I still did not have sex with my first women yet I was absolutely certain I would have no problems with premature ejaculation when the moment did arrive.   When I did get laid for the first time it was a wonderful experience. While I was pretty nervous and excited beforehand; intercourse lasted well over 30 minutes. The encounter was a complete success for everyone involved!

That experience gave me absolute certainty and confidence in my abilities.  In the last 20 years I have almost never had any problems with ejaculatory control.  And if I did it was the result of physical exhaustion or extreme stress.  Let me add that for the past 20 years I also have taken great care in maintaining my ejaculatory control through continuous practices to exercise and strengthen my PC muscle.

When I got introduced to the world of Tantric sexuality I learned that one of its key components for male sexual mastery is ejaculation control.  Some of the techniques that I just described above are also used in Tantra to achieve ejaculatory control. There are many methods that can be used to strengthen your PC muscle.  I did it by flexing my PC muscle as I was slowly jerking-off.  There are several other ways to achieve the same end.  I found that my method worked best for me.  In an upcoming post I will put together some detailed instructions on how to strengthen the PC muscle.

However, there is more to Tantric male sexual mastery than just achieving ejaculatory control.  There are other components such as letting go of internal tensions, moving the Kundalini sexual energy throughout one’s body, being present, having breathe control and achieving full body and multiple male orgasms.  I am not an expert in all things Tantra.  But what I will be doing is adding posts describing my personal experiences with each one of these more advanced components of Tantric male sexual mastery.

Tantra is one of those things many have heard about but know little if anything about it.  A common perception of Tantra is of an esoteric teaching from India that involves weird sexual techniques that those New Age folks like to practice.  So what really is Tantra?  I looked around for a definition of Tantra and I come up with the following:

Tantra is a spiritual path dedicated to the challenge of becoming aware, in every moment of our embodied lives, of the supreme flow of the sacred unity of love.

Sounds like pretty heavy stuff. No doubt when many first encounter it, a lot of its concepts seem too complicated to grasp.  But is Tantra really a bunch of incomprehensible nonsense with no meaningful or practical use?  Based on my own personal experience I would suggest that Tantra and its many sexual practices can enhance your sexual and spiritual life immensely.

Tantra’s roots do indeed lie in India and it is closely associated with the religions of Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism.  Tantra is closely related to the Vedic tradition or rather the rejection of its orthodox beliefs.  The objective of Tantra is to bring the practitioner a feeling of blissful self awareness while connecting with the divine.

While, Tantra has been practiced in India virtually unchanged for thousands of years, it undergone a major transformation during its introduction into the West.  In the West Tantra evolved into what became known as NeoTantra.  NeoTantra carried on Tantra’s tradition of sacred sex as well as many of its concepts and terminology.  However, NeoTantra abandoned the involvement of a guru as well as some of its meditative practices and ritualistic rules.  NeoTantra practitioners prefer to study Tantra concepts like full body orgasm and female goddess worship.

To help explain what Tantra is all about, I will be writing a series of posts describing my experience with Tantra.  My journey into Tantra is very unique as it did not involve reading and studying any Tantric literature until very recently. Rather my journey involved asking myself a series of questions over many years which helped me to develop some very unique sexual skills.  It was only when I started to explore alternative lifestyles and I came into contact with Tantric practitioners that I began to recognize the similarities between my abilities and Tantra.  Thanks to working with some very skilled Tantric Goddesses, I have been able to gain a much clearer understanding of what Tantra is and what my abilities really are.  Tantra is real!  I have felt it and experienced it at some very deep and profound levels.

We all live in the West.  Our minds have been immersed in Western thought and logic all our lives.  As great as Western thought is, it does make it difficult for us to understand metaphysical concepts like Tantra.  We struggle with Tantra because it comes from a tradition that seems so foreign from ours.  Try as we may to understand it, many just don’t get it.

As I tell my story I will not use a lot of Tantric terminology or esoteric concepts.  Rather, I will be describing my experiences using normal everyday language that we can all relate to.  From there I will then connect my experiences with Tantric concepts.    Many Tantric concepts are very hard to grasp and even harder to master (especially for men).  By sharing my journey I hope to simplify this process of understanding and make Tantra more real.

By Rami Sastri,

At the time Vatsyayana penned the words of the Kama Sutra, he had no idea what he was beginning. He and his contemporaries were highly educated, religious men of the Hindu faith. The work that Vatsyayana put onto parchment was not intended as a corrupting influence but was more the advice of one who had traveled a path and wanted to share the knowledge of the journey. Even though, Vatsyayana refers to “public women” or prostitutes, explaining the differences between them and their uses, and coaches his male students on the proper way to seduce a married woman while admitting that relations with another mans mate are to be avoided, he was a fairly moral man for the society of his time. If he and his contemporaries could see the later works of today, they might question our own moral fiber.

What Did Vatsyayana Start?

Vatsyayana published the Kama Sutra as a way of sharing his knowledge but to some societies this knowledge would seem ill gained. He spoke of the use of consorts, both male and female, and of various forms of sexual intercourse. These positions came as quite a shock to Victorian era English men and women when Sir Richard Burton published the first English translation of the work. While it outwardly brought fainting, shuddering and a conflagration, in private people were titillated by the work and it began to eat at the back of their minds just how some of those positions worked and whether that male enhancement recipe that called for the stings of a wasp really did work permanently. Burton, himself having three Indian mistresses, was quoted to say,”We British never knew of this kind of love-making. Had we known, we would not have ruined the lives of so many British virgins.” This comment was made after his visit to a prostitute of the day. While folks claimed an aversion to the subject matter, they were privately drawn to it and the morals of the society began a subtle change.

As the secrets of the Kama Sutra slowly leaked out, the common man thought to himself that this or that new idea sounded quite interesting. For a time period when the missionary position was the only church sanctioned union, some of the ideas of the Kama Sutra must have sounded very intriguing. Now and then a recipient of the Kama Sutra’s knowledge would decide to give something a try and come back with a sore back or a pulled tendon but with each torn ligament there was also a tear in the morals of the society.

How Far Did This Influence Reach?

The influence of the Kama Sutra did not stop with the English countryside. Far from it, the influence has spread to nearly all parts of the world and has become even more pervasive as the quality of communication has increased. With the Internet and the eased restrictions on the publications of printed material;s, the Kama Sutra finds a larger following all the time. Unfortunately, many people have forgotten Vatsyayna’s original goal for the Kama Sutra which was to put sex and its pleasures in their proper perspective. Society has become very promiscuous and quick to go for what feels good to the individual. Thus we find a moral breakdown unparalleled by any other time in history.

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The ancient artists of India made the most exquisite erotic paintings of their sacred feminine Goddesses.  We have already seen some of their amazing art in my post on Sacred Group Sex and Sacred Bisexuality.  As I look at these works of art, I am always struck by their realism and their ability to convey how sensual and incredibly beautiful these women are.  They embody the sacredness of their sexuality in the most profound way in any moment and in any pose……without shame.  Their sacred beauty is something to be embraced rather than feared or shunned.

By Rami Sastri,

The Kama Sutra written by Vatsyayana consisted of seven sections further divided into thirty-six chapters. We will discuss each of these sections to glean the details of what Vatsyayana was trying to convey in the Kama Sutra and the importance he placed on specific subjects.

Section One – Introductory

The first section of the Kama Sutra consisted of five chapters explaining the contents of the manuscript, the three major aims and priorities of life according to the Hindu belief system of the day, the acquisition of knowledge, suitable conduct for the well-bred townsman and various reflections on intermediaries who assist the lover in his enterprises.

Section Two- On Sexual Union

The second section of the Kama Sutra consisted of ten chapters on the stimulation of desire, various forms of embraces, caressing and kisses, marking a partner with the use of the finger nails, biting and marking a partner using the teeth, on positions of copulation, explanations of sexual practices such as slapping with the hand and moaning that accompanied the practice, evidence of virile behavior in women, superior coitus and oral sex practices, along with preludes and conclusions to the game of love. There are 64 types of sexual acts described in this section which has become the part of the Kama Sutra for which the book is most widely known.

Section Three – About The Acquisition Of A Wife

Section three of the Kama Sutra consists of Five chapters on the forms of marriage, how to relax and obtain the girl, how to manage alone when a suitable wife cannot be found and the union by marriage.

Section Four- About A Wife

Section four consist of counsel to the various types of wives a Hindu gentleman may have had. There are two chapters dealing with the conduct of the wives. The section of the Kama Sutra yields advice to the solitary wife in how she should conduct herself. This section of the Kama Sutra also explained the conduct of the chief wife and other wives in a household with multiple wives and concubines.

Section Five – About The Wives Of Other People

This section of the Kama Sutra consisted of six chapters on behavior of women and men. It included advice on the methods of seducing another mans wife, including encounters for getting acquainted, examination of sentiments, the tasks and advantages of go-betweens, the king’s pleasures such as his harem and ways the brave could circumvent security measures and enjoy those pleasures themselves, as well as the proper behavior of a Hindu gentleman in the gynoecium or women’s apartments.

Section Six – About Courtesans

Section Six of the Kama Sutra consisted of six chapters on making the best use of the advice of the assistants on choosing lovers, the search for a steady lover, the courtesans skill set and ways of making money, how best to renew friendship with a former lover, creating occasional profits and dealing with profits and losses associated with being a courtesan.

Section Seven – On The Means Of Attracting Others To One’s Self

The two chapters of section seven of the Kama Sutra deal mainly with thoughts on improving physical attractiveness to others and arousing a weakened or failing sexual power.

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By Rami Sastri,

The ancient Sanskrit text of the Kamasutram, more commonly known in western culture as the Kama Sutra, was originally written by Mallanaga Vatsyayana and is believed to be a master work on the ways of Love in all its forms. The Kama Sutra is just one, though the most notable, of a larger collection of ancient Indian texts known as the Kama Shastra or Discipline of Kama. These texts were originally of a religious nature and common theology holds that the collection was handed down to mankind by Shiva’s doorkeeper, Nandi the sacred bull, after hearing the god, Shiva and Parvati, his wife having relations. The session so inspired the sacred bull to make utterance which was later recorded and passed down to mankind for their benefit. It is believed that the present form of the Kama Sutra is a compendium that was gathered at some point in the second century CE.

What is the Kama Sutra?

Etymologically speaking, Kama Sutra can be broken down into two Sanskrit words; the first being Kama, which is a reference to the Hindu god of Love, using the same name. In common language, it conveyed the ideas of desire, wish, intention, pleasure and love, especially in a sexual connotation. In chapter two of Richard Burton’s translation of the text, Kama is translated as “the enjoyment of appropriate objects by the five senses of hearing, feeling, seeing, tasting and smelling, assisted by the mind together with the soul. The ingredient in this is a peculiar contact between the organ of sense and its object, and the consciousness of pleasure which arises from that contact is called Kama.”

The second word, Sutra refers to a discourse delivered on a set of concise rules. Thus Sutra has the connotation of a technical study or manual. Thus, the Sutra was intended to educate the reader in the field of its particular study.

Taken together, the words Kama Sutra imply a technical text on the aspects of properly enjoying the stimulation of the five senses and the demonstration of Love. Unfortunately, the simple wording of the title has led to many misconceptions regarding the text and it is to be noted that the Kama Sutra is nether a sex manual or a sacred religious text, though it does incorporate both aspects into its writing. While the text is explicit in details of a sexual nature and also intones highly religious themes, it was intended to put Kama in to context with the other two aims of ancient Hindu life, Dharma and Artha. This is evidenced by Vatsyayana’s opening discussion of these three aims at the beginning of the text.

These three terms are described as relating to Virtue (Dharma), Material Prosperity (Artha) and Pleasure (Kama) and they were to be pursued in that order. The first quality almost always took precedence over the secondary when two of these pursuits were at odds, though there were a few exceptions to this rule. Thus being virtuous was to be sought more than wealth but pleasure would fall secondary to the pursuit of material gain in the Hindu way of life. The Kama Sutra was intended as a guide to show how to properly achieve all three goals and their proper places so as to achieve Moksha, the liberation from the cycle of reincarnation.

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In my last post I displayed a few erotic images by some ancient Hindu artists that portrayed Sacred Group Sex.  Here are a few more pieces of erotic art I found by these same artists showing groups of women making love in their sacred embraces.  This artwork is a remarkably sensual portrayal of how beautiful and sacred the female embrace can be.

While many people today who look at this images might think these women are Lesbians, I believe they are in fact bisexual.  These Hindu artists show men and women in many different sexual configurations practicing sacred sex: one man & one woman, one man and many women, one woman and many men, many men and many women, man & man, many women together and many men together.  The interesting thing is that all the various configurations are shown in the same sacred and erotic light.   There does not appear to be any favoritism shown  towards any type of sexual orientation.   One gets the impression that these devotees were very comfortable in any sexual configuration.   Based on what I see here I would have to conclude that these Hindu were very comfortable with  female and even male bisexuality.   What a huge contrast to the disdain bisexuals are shown today!

For most of us, when we think of having group sex, swinging usually comes to mind.  But even for our seemingly sexually liberated society, the notion of having group sex is still a highly controversial and taboo subject.  However, for the ancient Hindus they did not have such hang-ups. The Hindus have been enjoying the pleasures of group sex for centuries, and even believed the practice to be sacred. The Hindus developed many sacred Tantric and Kama Sutra ceremonies that involved group sex. The following images are a few examples of these sacred sex practices expressed through erotic art. While this erotica is very sensual and explicit in its detail; it does convey a profound sense of beauty and sacredness that the Hindus associated with the practice of group sex.

Thanks for dropping by for the third post of the Female Ejaculation series where I will be exploring Female Ejaculation in the ancient Hindu world.

In Sanskrit, Amrita literally means “Nectar of the Goddess”. Amrita is a sacred liquid honoured by the ancient Hindu texts of Tantric literature. Tantric literature describes Amrita as a divine liquid with life giving properties that could be obtained by drinking it. Tantra is a spiritual tradition that flourished in India more than 1,000 years ago. Tantric devotees believed that spiritual enlightenment can be obtained through the use of spiritual ceremonies and sacred rituals that enhance sexual energy. These rituals enable one to reach an altered state of ecstasy through extended orgasm.

Across India, there are many beautiful Tantric temples, dedicated to the worship of sacred sexual energy. These temples are adorned with numerous statues and wall reliefs depicting individuals, couples and groups involved in extremely complex and erotic sex scenes. Some of the wall reliefs portrayed women with Amrita freely flowing from their vaginas.

While, Tantra may be extremely old, it is certainly not a relic of history books. Tantra is a flourishing spiritual practice with many devotees currently practicing its sacred rituals throughout India and the West. Since its recent introduction into the West, Tantra has been gaining in popularity with books, DVDs, courses and seminars becoming widely available. If you were to glance through any of the modern Tantric literature, you would find that its teachings on Female Ejaculation and Amrita would be prominently featured.

Caroline and Charles Muir, the foremost Western teachers of the Tantric practice, have been very successful in promoting Tantra throughout the West.  They were the first to develop a DVD that revealed some the secret teachings of Tantra. Secrets of Female Sexual Ecstasy cover many advanced Tantric techniques including female ejaculation and the release of amrita. This DVD provides viewers with effective methods for women and couples to master Tantra’s more difficult to learn practices.  For those of you who are seeking some authentic and believable information on female ejaculation, this DVD provides an explicit, yet tasteful introduction to the topic without being pornographic.  I have watched this DVD together with Goddess Rhianna, (for those who have not read my About page, she is my lovely wife) and we would readily agree this is a worthwhile DVD to watch for anyone wishing to learn about Female Ejaculation.  However, if you have had some real life experience with female ejaculation or you are already know how to squirt, this DVD will probably not provide you with too many new insights on the topic.

India also gave us the Kama Sutra, which is an ancient Hindu text that is widely thought to be an outstanding work on the art of love making. The Kama Sutra, written by the yogic sage Vatsyayana, in around the 2nd century AD. The Kama Sutra consists of prose and poetry, which provided practical advice on sex and love making. If we were to delve deeper into the original text, we would find that the Kama Sutra gave detailed descriptions of female ejaculate:

The semen (female ejaculate) of women continues to fall from the beginning of the sexual union to its end, and it is right that it should be so, for if they had no semen there would be no embryo……….The fall of the semen of the man takes place only at the end of coition, while the semen of the woman falls continually, and after the semen of both has all fallen away then they wish for the discontinuance of coition.

Vatsyayana’s views on female ejaculation mirror that of the contemporary Greco-Roman civilization (Galen and Hippocrates), that both male and female semen were required for the creation of life.

The reading of these ancient Hindu texts makes it quite clear that knowledge and understanding of female ejaculation was widespread throughout India. The Hindus not only considered female ejaculation a biological fact, but they also believed that Amrita had sacred life giving properties that enhanced vitality and sexual energy.

I will be doing a few posts the topic of Tantra and Tantric sex in the near future. Most people will have little or no experience with Tantra so a bit background information might be in order.  The following is a link to an article that covers the basic about Tantra in plain English without a whole lot of New Age mumbo jumbo:

What is Tantric Sex? Basics about Tantra – By Cory Silverberg, About.com – January 19, 2009