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BUDDHISM & HOMOSEXUALITY: HISTORICAL ESSAYS: Includes article on same-sex sexuality at the time of the Buddha; also historical articles on homosexuality in Japanese and Thai Buddhism.

THE DHARMA AND GAY LIFE: PERSONAL ACCOUNTS: Gay people write about their sexuality and spiritual life and how they've integrated the two in such pieces as: "Practicing Together as a Gay Couple," "Wisdom Mind Meets Gay Sexuality," "Gurus and Lovers," "Zen in Black Leather", "Homophobia and Spiritual Teachers," "Coming Out Into Dharma Bliss," "Grief and the Path to Awakening," "Two Meditations," "Stories About My Teacher Issan Dorsey Roshi," "Buddhism, Healing and Gayness: A Personal Journey," "Surviving High School".

INTERVIEW WITH POET AND TIBETAN BUDDHIST JOHN GIORNO: He speaks frankly about gay lovemaking in Buddhist monasteries, about the recent statements of the Dalai Lama, about the AIDS project he has coordinated, about his practice of thirty years, and about his teacher, Dudjom Rinpoche, one of the greatest Tibetan Buddhist spiritual masters of the century.

CONTEMPORARY BUDDHISM AND HOMOSEXUALITY: Articles by a wide range of writers, including Jeffrey Hopkins' "Reason and Orgasm in Tibetan Buddhism," Zen teacher Charles Koren Baker's "Zen and Gay Love," Mark Marion's "Gay Male Intimacy and the Dharma," Clint Seiter's "Applying Buddhist Dharma to Casual Sex," Dennis Conkin's "The Dalai Lama and Gay Love," Tom Moon's "Obstacles to Intimacy in Gay Male Relationships: A Buddhist Perspective," Myo Denis Lahey's "Queer at Heart: Dharma Practice and the 'Gay Self.'"

GAY FICTION ON BUDDHIST THEMES: From the 17th century love letter by a monk to a young man ("The Monk from Kyoto Who Hated Cherry Blossoms"), to recent fiction ("A Window in the Wall").

QUEER DHARMA POETRY: Includes six poems by Allen Ginsberg ("Why I Meditate," "Thoughts Sitting Breathing II" etc.) plus prose piece "Allen Ginsberg on Buddhism and Gayness," poems by other writers (Richard Ronan's "Buddha's Kisses," Trebor's "Make My Boyfriend a Buddha") ...

"Thought-provoking and satisfying...the book provides convincing evidence that the Buddhist sangha, or community, has put down solid roots in the U.S., and that gay people are among its most committed and passionate members." --Harvard Gay and Lesbian Review
"Groundbreaking and intensely moving book..." --Issanji
"Buddhism can help Gay men--not by giving a definition, but by teaching us a new way to being aware of ourselves and the world . . . Queer Dharma is a rich resource for gay men who are searching for ways to integrate their spiritual and emotional/sexual lives." --Gay Buddhist Fellowship Newsletter
"Queer Dharma is a phenomenon -- the first anthology ever that mixes the gritty experience of being gay in America with the nuances and flavors of Buddhism. It's an exciting book simply because it presents perspectives that are completely new. Our favorite themes of love and sex are at center stage, but so too are the Buddhist notions of suffering and the release from suffering. What gay man over 23 doesn't see the connection?" --Larry White, Bay Area Reporter
"Over 35 gay men have contributed to this anthology of fiction, poetry, art, scholarship, and personal testimony about what it means to be a gay Buddhist practitioner." --Tricycle
"In the article 'Practicing Together as a Gay Couple' I met Michael C. Hyman, a gay Zen Buddhist and father, who somehow makes domesticity seem profoundly heroic ... Part 2 also includes pieces on coming out, love and loss, recovery, SM, casual sex, working with the dying, and the much-loved queer teacher Issan Dorsey." --Turning Wheel, Journal of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship
"Queer Dharma is truly a banquet of tastes touching on many common experiences we have as gay men. To read it leads you to experience parts of your own life again with a fresh perspective. It is a wonderful contribution to ending the sense of separation we feel when we are alone on a spiritual path. This book should be on every gay man's bookshelf and be part of the path to Buddha which is your own true larger self." --Alan Oliver, White Crane (Journal of Gay Men's Spirituality)
"Remember that feeling when you found out there were millions of other people 'like that'? You can get it again reading this book. Yes, there are other Gay Buddhists! This book is soaked with love, compassion, strength, and clarityall the way through. It gave me so much hope I couldn't stop reading it, hugging it, reading it, hugging it...." --online review by Carlitos


PRAYER TO GURU RINPOCHE (Padmasambhava) THAT SWIFTLY REMOVES OBSTACLES AND FULFILLS ALL WISHES. (Padmasambhava was the 8th century great Tibetan Buddhist teacher), written by H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche (1904-1987), head of the Tibetan Nyingma School and one of the greatest scholars and meditation masters of the past century.