Monday, October 29, 2007

Kama Sutra Introduction

The Kama Sutra is the most famous book every written about lovemaking. The Sanskrit term kama means ' love, pleasure, sensual gratification'; it also refers to the Hindu god of love. Sutra means 'aphorisms, compressed expressions' - a way of expressing complicated doctrines.

Previously reads were cultured Hindus who aspired to three principles; Dharma, or religious merit, Artha, or worldly wealth, and Karma, the science of love and pleasure. This trinity of good living is not dissimilar to what many of us strive for today - love and money, certainly , and our own kind of soulfulness.

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