For the first time, acclaimed and international best-selling author Deepak Chopra explores the universal themes of spirituality and sexuality and their role in connecting lovers emotionally, physically, and spiritually. The text includes The Seven Spiritual Laws of Love, Deepaks intensive meditation and affirmation of simple, practical applications that partners can bring to their relationship to enhance and entice their intimacy. The book is also fully illustrated by a group of Indian artists hand selected by Chopra. The original Kama Sutra was written by the courtesan and poet Vasyayana, believed to have lived sometime between the 1st to 6th centuries A.D. and includes guidance on how to be a good citizen, insights into relationships between lovers, the four main pursuits of life, as well as providing insight into the sexual mores and practices of India in ancient times. Deepak Chopras loyalty to the original Kama Sutra and ability to find its sacredness will make his version a modern classic. ------------------- Kamasutram, generally known to the Western world as Kama Sutra, is an ancient Indian text on human sexual behavior, widely considered to be the standard work on love in Sanskrit literature. The text was composed by Vatsyayana, as a brief summary of various earlier works belonging to a tradition known generically as Kama Shastra. Kama is literally desire. Sutra signifies a thread, or discourse threaded on a series of aphorisms. Sutra was a standard term for a technical text, thus also the Yogasutram of Patanjali. The text is originally known as Vatsyayana Kamasutram ("Vatsyayana's Aphorisms on Love"). Tradition holds that the author was a celibate scholar living in Pataliputra, an important center of learning in modern day Bihar. Most scholarly estimates place him in the 4th century. If this date is correct, Vatsayana lived during the heart of the Gupta period, an era known for its massive contributions to classical Sanskrit literature and Vedic culture. -----------------
This title brings together India's greatest living writer and most cherished text. For the first time, acclaimed bestselling author Deepak Chopra explores the universal themes of spirituality and sexuality in a dynamic - even controversial - new way. "The Kama Sutra" is not only a treatise on sexual pleasure; it is also a spiritual text that elevates the carnal experience to new heights of spiritual ecstasy. Taking the sexual experience to a new echelon of understanding and insight, Chopra explores transcendence through the most primal instinct we have. Deepak Chopra's loyalty to the original "Kama Sutra" and ability to find its sacredness makes this unique book a modern classic and a definitive version for generations to come. Chopra's readership is legendary and loyal and as he turns to the topic of sexual intimacy and pleasure for the first time, he is certain to broaden his appeal even further. This beautiful volume is certain to be one of his bestselling books ever.
th this latest book the well-loved and popular mind-body guru Deepak Chopra lends his take on the spiritual messages of this ancient text to craft a modern interpretation of the Kama Sutra; one very well suited to the Western mind.
Fans of the Chopra distillation method (conversion of any universal truth to seven behavioral steps) will embrace his latest effort with rapturous glee. This would be an excellent gift for a couple, a lover, or anyone interested in a consideration of the meaning and import of sexuality and spiritual evolution.
