Daniel Odier is one of France's most honored authors. He founded the Tantra/Chan Center in Paris and has taught courses on the spiritual traditions of the Far East at several American universities, including the University of California. He is the author of several works of nonfiction including Nirvana Tao and Tantric Quest, and many novels. His mystery novels, written under the pen name Delacorta, include Diva, which was made into an award-winning film in 1981. He lives in Switzerland.

"The book is like a window opening onto a scented garden that gently beckons the explorer."

• Part I1. The Quest: Hedonistic or Spiritual? 2. A Third Path 3. Nostalgia for Unity Part II4. The Power of Woman 5. We Are What We Seek 6. Breath: Door of Our Sensorality 7. Experiencing Totality: First Experience? 8. Touching the World 9. The Heart of Reality 10. The Source of Consciousness 11. Savoring the World 12. Desire and Its Object 13. The Supreme Reality 14. Naked Awareness 15. Sounds of Life 16. The Essence of Satisfaction 17. Sensorality and Consciousness 18. The Interaction of the Eight Consciousnesses 19. The Power of the Senses 20. A Question: Freeing Oneself from the Past 21. Scents of the World 22. Tuning the Body-Instrument to Absolute Love 23. Questions: Love, Sexuality, Fidelity 24. Chants of the Dakinis, the Great Secret 25. Looking at the World 26. Passion 27. Questions: Passion, Ego, Freedom 28. Entrance into the Kingdom of Reality, Cosmic Sensuality 29. The Sexual Ritual, Maithuna, and the Path of the Left Hand 30. The Tantric Orgasm for Women 31. The Tantric Orgasm for Men 32. The Group Sexual Ritual 33. A Tantric Path for the West Part III34. Questions: Sexuality, Desire, Passions, Yoga, Ecstasy, Love, Joy, Pleasure, Space, Beauty, the Heart's Peace Notes Index

Daniel Odier is one of France's most honored authors. He founded the Tantra/Chan Center in Paris and has taught courses on the spiritual traditions of the Far East at several American universities, including the University of California. He is the author of several works of nonfiction including Nirvana Tao and Tantric Quest, and many novels. His mystery novels, written under the pen name Delacorta, include Diva, which was made into an award-winning film in 1981. He lives in Switzerland.

"The book is like a window opening onto a scented garden that gently beckons the explorer."

• Part I1. The Quest: Hedonistic or Spiritual? 2. A Third Path 3. Nostalgia for Unity Part II4. The Power of Woman 5. We Are What We Seek 6. Breath: Door of Our Sensorality 7. Experiencing Totality: First Experience? 8. Touching the World 9. The Heart of Reality 10. The Source of Consciousness 11. Savoring the World 12. Desire and Its Object 13. The Supreme Reality 14. Naked Awareness 15. Sounds of Life 16. The Essence of Satisfaction 17. Sensorality and Consciousness 18. The Interaction of the Eight Consciousnesses 19. The Power of the Senses 20. A Question: Freeing Oneself from the Past 21. Scents of the World 22. Tuning the Body-Instrument to Absolute Love 23. Questions: Love, Sexuality, Fidelity 24. Chants of the Dakinis, the Great Secret 25. Looking at the World 26. Passion 27. Questions: Passion, Ego, Freedom 28. Entrance into the Kingdom of Reality, Cosmic Sensuality 29. The Sexual Ritual, Maithuna, and the Path of the Left Hand 30. The Tantric Orgasm for Women 31. The Tantric Orgasm for Men 32. The Group Sexual Ritual 33. A Tantric Path for the West Part III34. Questions: Sexuality, Desire, Passions, Yoga, Ecstasy, Love, Joy, Pleasure, Space, Beauty, the Heart's Peace Notes Index

Daniel Odier is one of France's most honored authors. He founded the Tantra/Chan Center in Paris and has taught courses on the spiritual traditions of the Far East at several American universities, including the University of California. He is the author of several works of nonfiction including Nirvana Tao and Tantric Quest, and many novels. His mystery novels, written under the pen name Delacorta, include Diva, which was made into an award-winning film in 1981. He lives in Switzerland.

"The book is like a window opening onto a scented garden that gently beckons the explorer."

• Part I1. The Quest: Hedonistic or Spiritual? 2. A Third Path 3. Nostalgia for Unity Part II4. The Power of Woman 5. We Are What We Seek 6. Breath: Door of Our Sensorality 7. Experiencing Totality: First Experience? 8. Touching the World 9. The Heart of Reality 10. The Source of Consciousness 11. Savoring the World 12. Desire and Its Object 13. The Supreme Reality 14. Naked Awareness 15. Sounds of Life 16. The Essence of Satisfaction 17. Sensorality and Consciousness 18. The Interaction of the Eight Consciousnesses 19. The Power of the Senses 20. A Question: Freeing Oneself from the Past 21. Scents of the World 22. Tuning the Body-Instrument to Absolute Love 23. Questions: Love, Sexuality, Fidelity 24. Chants of the Dakinis, the Great Secret 25. Looking at the World 26. Passion 27. Questions: Passion, Ego, Freedom 28. Entrance into the Kingdom of Reality, Cosmic Sensuality 29. The Sexual Ritual, Maithuna, and the Path of the Left Hand 30. The Tantric Orgasm for Women 31. The Tantric Orgasm for Men 32. The Group Sexual Ritual 33. A Tantric Path for the West Part III34. Questions: Sexuality, Desire, Passions, Yoga, Ecstasy, Love, Joy, Pleasure, Space, Beauty, the Heart's Peace Notes Index