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In the first three articles of this series, I covered the Eastern traditions that have shaped Western sacred sexuality — Taoist Sexual Kung Fu, Hindu Tantric Shaivism, and Tantric Buddhism. Those traditions are ancient, rooted in centuries of lineage and scripture, and each addresses a fundamental problem of human existence — whether it's the draining of vital force, the cycle of samsara, or the suffering of dukkha.

In the first article in this series, I explored how esoteric Taoism approached sacred sexuality through the conservation and transformation of sexual energy. In the second, I covered how Hindu Tantric Shaivism took it further — insisting that the body, the senses, and desire are not obstacles to the divine but gateways to it. Now we arrive at the third major influence on Western sacred sexuality: Tantric Buddhism.