Modesty Prevents....
This Tibetan Esoteric Buddhist statue of the Vajra Guardian of Great Might and Virtue is one of several in the Yonghegong Lamasery. It depicts the Esoteric practice of having a female sexual partner for certain types of Esoteric Buddhist practices.
As Vajrasekhara-sutra says:
"How pure is man's mind! It's only natural that lust should change him. Keeping away from lust will restore purity in him, and keeping away from lust means conquering it with another form of lust."
Sex is cloaked (literally in this shot) in mysticism and given the role of "conquering lust".
It is said that these statues were once used to show the Chinese Imperial Princes the facts of life. Sadly, now they are deemed to be too scandalous for general consumption, and draped with the modesty cloth you see in the lower right of the shot.
I do have a picture of the complete statue in my guidebook, which describes it as a "Buddhist double statue which symbolizes the supreme state of yoga."
Oh, ok then....
Modesty Prevents....
This Tibetan Esoteric Buddhist statue of the Vajra Guardian of Great Might and Virtue is one of several in the Yonghegong Lamasery. It depicts the Esoteric practice of having a female sexual partner for certain types of Esoteric Buddhist practices.
As Vajrasekhara-sutra says:
"How pure is man's mind! It's only natural that lust should change him. Keeping away from lust will restore purity in him, and keeping away from lust means conquering it with another form of lust."
Sex is cloaked (literally in this shot) in mysticism and given the role of "conquering lust".
It is said that these statues were once used to show the Chinese Imperial Princes the facts of life. Sadly, now they are deemed to be too scandalous for general consumption, and draped with the modesty cloth you see in the lower right of the shot.
I do have a picture of the complete statue in my guidebook, which describes it as a "Buddhist double statue which symbolizes the supreme state of yoga."
Oh, ok then....