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Quotation Sources 

What is Zen Sex?

Ten days: The Shambhala Dictionary of Buddhism and Zen. Boston: Shambhala, 1991, p. 99.

a woman: Berg, Stephen. Crow With No Mouth: Ikkyu, 15th Century Zen Master. Port Townshend, WA: Copper Canyon Press, 1989, p. 64.

Many paths: Stevens, John, trans. & ed. Wild Ways: Zen Poems of Ikkyu. Boston: Shambhala, 1995, p. 113.

The autumn breeze: Wild Ways, p. 55.

 

Seven Ways of the Mind

The ways of proclaiming: Wild Ways, p. 117.

 

The Way of Desire

this lust: Crow With No Mouth, p. 20.

those old koans: Crow With No Mouth, p. 71.

the crow's caw: Crow With No Mouth, p. 58.

Who needs: Wild Ways, p. 19.

The taste of the sea: Wild Ways, p. 45.

Follow the rule: Wild Ways, p. 61.

Anybody can enter: Crow With No Mouth, p. 70.

I have to admit: Crow With No Mouth, p. 53.

Only those who know: Grigg, Ray. The New Lao Tzu. Rutland, Vt.: Charles E. Tuttle, 1995, p. 14.

The Way does not get closer: The New Lao Tzu, p. 15.

Only one: Crow With No Mouth, p. 67.

 

The Way of Fantasy

The girl listening: Crow With No Mouth, p. 72.

Was it really you: Stevens, John. Zen Masters: A Maverick, a Master of Masters, and a Wandering Poet. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1999, pp. 153-54.

Common sexual fantasies: www.sexuality.org

 

The Way of Discovery:

The enjoyment: Wild Ways, p. 9.

Know the enemy: Sun Tzu. The Art of War. Samuel B. Griffith, trans. Oxford: Oxford University, 1963, p. 84.

 

The Way of Initiating

White teeth: Fields, Rick, and Brian Cutillo, trans. The Turquoise Bee: The Lovesongs of the Sixth Dalai Lama. New York: HarperSanFrancisco, 1994, p. 45.

 

The Way of Anticipation

Day and night: Wild Ways, p. 72.

Hyams: Hyams, Joe. Zen in the Martial Arts, Bantam, 1982, p. 23.

The earth's spring essence: The Turquoise Bee, p. 46.

 

The Way of Surprise

Osho: www.osho.com

The old woman: Wild Ways, p. 65

 

The Way of the Familiar

Though familiar: The Turquoise Bee, p. 49.

Each time: Shigematsu, Soiku, trans. A Zen Forest: Sayings of the Masters. New York: Weatherhill, 1981, p. 42.

Sitting motionless: A Zen Forest, p. 72.

 

The Seven Ways of the Body

The original body: Wild Ways, p. 111.

 

The Way of Entering

whispering: Crow With No Mouth, p. 57.

Eight inches: Wild Ways, p. 53.

Every day: Wild Ways, p. 6.

don't hesitate: Crow With No Mouth, p. 54.

Chiyono: Reps, Paul. Zen Flesh, Zen Bones. New York: Anchor Books, 1961, p. 31.

It has the original: Wild Ways, p. 54.

 

The Way of Accepting

don't worry: Crow With No Mouth, p. 33.

Skeletons: Wild Ways, p. 105.

If your heart: Stevens, John. Zen Masters, p 154.

 

The Way of Touch

she'd play: Crow With No Mouth, p. 65.

My hand: Wild Ways, p. 78.

 

The Way of Scent

The perfume: Wild Ways, p. 83.

It is easy: Wild Ways, p. 52.

and the nights: Crow With No Mouth, p. 65.

 

The Way of the Eyes

believe: Crow With No Mouth, p. 21.

at the bath: Crow With No Mouth, p. 72.

Franck: Franck, Frederick. Zen Seeing, Zen Drawing: Meditation in Action, p. xi.

Stare at it: Crow With No Mouth, p. 39.

mirror facing: Crow With No Mouth, p. 30.

Berry: "Belonging: An Interview with Thomas Berry." Parabola, Spring 1999, pp. 26-31.

 

The Way of the Mouth

I am infatuated: Wild Ways, p. 85.

all koans: Crow With No Mouth, p. 33.

plum blossom: Crow With No Mouth, p. 66.

I'd sniff you: Crow With No Mouth, p. 56.

once while she was cooking: Crow With No Mouth, p. 65.

I remember: Crow With No Mouth, p. 64.

 

The Way of the Cry

something in us: Crow With No Mouth, p. 50.

one pause: Crow With No Mouth, p. 51.

Rinzai screamed: Crow With No Mouth, p. 54.

Rinzai did it: Crow With No Mouth, p. 73.

Ten thousand sutras: Wild Ways, p. 48.

 

The Seven Ways of the Spirit

this hungry monk: Crow With No Mouth, p. 69.

 

The Way of Interplay

Night after night: Wild Ways, p. 86

Opposites and differences: The New Lao Tzu, p. 9.

 

The Way of Giving

Ikkyu still sings: Crow With No Mouth, p. 66.

Rikyu: Soshitsu Sen XV. Tea Life, Tea Mind. New York: Weatherhill, 1979, pp. 32-33.

It is good for the host: Tea Life, Tea Mind, p. 50.

It is the pleasure of the bee: Gibran, Kahlil. The Prophet. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1923, p. 73.

 

The Way of Clouds

Open your hand: A Zen Forest, p. 128.

My life: Wild Ways, p. 70.

her mouth: Crow With No Mouth, p. 44.

One short pause: Wild Ways, p. 3.

 

The Way of Union

you me: Crow With No Mouth, p. 32.

for us no difference: Crow With No Mouth, p. 64.

you can't be anyone: Crow With No Mouth, p. 29.

 

The Way of Release

Within your bedchamber: Wild Ways, p81.

Rinzai's disciples: Wild Ways, p. 55.

Every night: Wild Ways, p. 77

 

The Way of Creation

The lovemaking: Wild Ways, p. 121.

passion's red thread: Crow With No Mouth, p. 77.

Even among beauties: Wild Ways, p. 88.

it's her freedom: Crow With No Mouth, p. 63.

 

The Way of Birth and Rebirth

before birth: Crow With No Mouth, p. 31.

it's logical: Crow With No Mouth, p. 37.

I dedicate every pore: Crow With No Mouth, p. 56.

Returned to the origin: The Venerable Myokyo-ni. Gentling the Bull: The Ten Bull Pictures, a Spritual Journey. Boston: Charles E. Tuttle, 1988, p. 123.

Bare-chested: Gentling the Bull, p. 133.