S1 Ep88: An Uncommon Guide to the Kama Sutra (You'll Be Shocked By What We Found) feat. Seema Anand

Lovers and Friends with Shan Boodram

LOVERS by shan

Sexuality, Society & Culture, Relationships, Health & Fitness

5 • 5.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 September 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

The Kama Sutra, a renowned ancient Indian Sanskrit text, often perceived as a guide to sexual positions and techniques, is in fact a comprehensive guide to virtuous and gracious living. Written between 400 BCE and 200 CE by a sage named Vatsyayana, this text covers various aspects of life, including family, relationships, and personal conduct, amongst others. The Kama Sutra is a profound ancient text that offers wisdom not only on intimacy but on many facets of life. Its holistic approach to love and relationships makes it a rich resource for understanding ancient Indian society's perspectives on love, life, and morality. By exploring it in depth, you may find a plethora of wisdom that goes beyond the bedroom and offers insights into a virtuous and gracious life.

On this episode we have Seema Anand guides us through what we missed while looking at the pictures of sex positions in the kama Sutra. Seema Anand is a London-based story-teller, mythologist, and narrative practitioner, known for her expertise in the field of ancient Asian narratives and their relevance in contemporary times. She is particularly well-recognized for her works in bringing to light the narratives surrounding female sexuality and empowerment that are deeply embedded in ancient texts, including the Kama Sutra.

She has also authored several books where she delves into narratives of love, desire, and female beauty from an Asian perspective, enabling a deeper understanding and appreciation of these age-old philosophies.
Seema holds a PhD in Narrative practices, positioning her as an authority in her field, which allows her to skilfully weave the ancient wisdom with modern narratives to foster understanding and empathy in today's society.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Let me just admit something extremely embarrassing off the top before you listen. Throughout this
0:06.6	episode, I referred to the book as the karma sutra. Now, this isn't an error, slip of the tongue.
0:15.4	This is because I genuinely thought this is what it was called up until now. But it's too late to go back. So listen and cringe
0:23.3	right along with me. What do you know about the karma sutra? Or more accurately, what do you think you
0:28.1	know? Everybody knows it as a book about position. Yes. The Kamsutra is written in seven
0:33.4	sections. And only one section is on the arts of pleasure.
0:39.0	So the counselor says that because you end up with a partner that you don't know what the
0:43.1	size is going to be, the positions were created to synchronize the sizes.
0:47.5	If the woman is too big, if the man is too small, they're not going to get enough friction.
0:52.1	If the woman is too too tight and the man is really, really big, she's going to be in pain.
0:57.0	That's not going to lead to pleasure.
0:58.5	The reason for the positions is that if you're going to have sex, it should be very pleasurable.
1:03.4	If it isn't, it's no point having sex.
1:05.2	In this episode of Lovers and Friends, Sima Anan breaks down what most North Americans failed to see because we were so caught up on the pictures about what the karmaceuticals
1:14.8	was really trying to tell us. I said that karmaceutical like Barbara Walters.
1:20.0	Tonight this is special. It's a milestone. That's what we're talking about on this episode of.
1:24.7	Lovers and friends. I'm going to take you on a trip, baby. I don what's going on, loveers and friends. I'm a
1:40.3	sex and relationship expert. And what and where gives me the right to call myself such.
1:45.1	I'll give you two answers to that question.
1:47.1	So the first is the societally acceptable answer that I usually tell people.
1:51.1	I graduated from school for print journalism.
1:53.7	And what I did, I wrote a book that was called Laid that was published in 2009.
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