The Red Thread Quotes

“From the outset the Buddhist tradition has been divided between the most uncompromising moral rigorism and a subversion of all ideals in the name of a higher truth, transcending good and evil. Māhāyana Buddhism, in particular, argued that the ultimate truth can be discovered only by those who awaken to the reality of desire and are able to transmute it.”
― Bernard Faure, The Red Thread: Buddhist Approaches to Sexuality

“Buddhists have always claimed the moral high ground and attempted, with more or less success, to maintain an exigent ideal of purity. Any spiritual practice is fated to confront the obstinate realities of human existence, however.”
― Bernard Faure, The Red Thread: Buddhist Approaches to Sexuality