Gender, Sexuality & Celibacy in Taoism
What is the role of women in Taoist practice? Can one be married, have a family - and still be a Taoist? What role does sexual energy play in Taoist practice? In terms of Taoist world-view, what are the differences between "masculine" and "feminine" energy, between Yin and Yang? What is the importance of lineage as a kind of "spiritual family"?
Taoist Master Sun Buer
The 12th-century Taoist Master Sun Buer was married and had three children before - at the age of fifty-one - devoting herself fulltime to Taoist practice.