A Bull of a Man: Images of Masculinity, Sex, and the Body in Indian Buddhism by John Powers

A Bull of a Man: Images of Masculinity, Sex, and the Body in Indian Buddhism

John Powers

320 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction informative reflective slow-paced
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The androgynous, asexual Buddha of contemporary popular imagination stands in stark contrast to the muscular, virile, and sensual figure presented in Indian Buddhist texts. In early Buddhist literature and art, the Buddha's perfect physique and se...

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