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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.

The Desire For Freedom

Here, Advaita teacher Gangaji speaks about how the desire for freedom takes care of all other desires - an approach which resonates strongly with certain Taoist Inner Alchemy approaches to working the energy of desire.
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